Zero-sum future : American power in an age of anxiety

From one of the world’s most influential commentators on international affairs, chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times, comes a stark warning about a gathering global political crisis. Successive presidents have welcomed globalization and the rise of China. But with American unemployment stubbornly high and U.S. power facing new challenges, the stage is set for growing rivalry between America and China. The European Union is also ripping itself apart. The win-win logic of globalization is giving way to a zero-sum logic of political and economic struggle. The new world we now live in, an age of anxiety, is a less prosperous, less stable world, with old ideas overthrown and new ideologies and powers on the rise. Rachman shows how zero-sum logic is thwarting efforts to deal with global problems from Afghanistan to unemployment, climate change to nuclear proliferation. This timely and important book details why international politics is now more dangerous and volatile—and suggests what can be done to break away from the crippling logic of a zero-sum world. Prologue: Davos, 2009 -- Pt. 1. Age Of Transformation, 1978-1991 -- China, 1978 : Deng's Counter-revolution -- Britain, 1979 : Thatcherism -- The United States, 1980 : The Reagan Revolution -- The European Union, 1986 : Embracing The Market -- The Soviet Union, 1985-91 : Glasnost, Perestroika, And Collapse -- Europe, 1989 : The Year Of Revolutions -- Latin America, 1982-91 : The Triumph Of Democracy And Markets -- India, 1991 : The Last Asian Giant Opens Up -- The Gulf War, 1991 : The Unipolar Moment -- Pt. 2. Age Of Optimism : 1991-2008 -- Democracy : Francis Fukuyama And The End Of History -- Prosperity : Alan Greenspan And The End Of Economic History -- Progress : Bill Gates And The Triumph Of Technology -- Peace : Bill Clinton And The Win-win World -- The Optimistic East : Kishore Mahbubani And The Asian Century -- The European Experiment : Gunter Verheugen And The Expansion Of Europe -- The Anti-globalisers : From The Asian Crisis To 9/11 -- Power : Charles Krauthammer And The Neo-conservatives -- Pt. 3. Age Of Anxiety -- The American Crisis -- A World Of Troubles -- World Government : The World As Europe -- Axis Of Authoritarianism : The World As Russia And China -- Fractured World : The World As Pakistan -- Zero-sum World -- Saving The World. Gideon Rachman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Predicts an imminent global political crisis, including a dangerous rivalry between America and China and a breakdown of the European Union, citing key events and contributors that have culminated in present-day instabilities.