Before and After the Cold War: Using Past Forecasts to Predict the Future

by Quester,George H.

• ISBN13: 9780714652290
• ISBN10: 0714652296
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The inadequacies of contemporary forms of governance are increasingly recognized: the brain drain from politics, distrust of governments, the danger of mass media and money-dominated elections, and the failure of governments to find good policy options on major issues. Industry, civil society and non-governmental organizations, however important, cannot compensate for government's incapacity to shape the future, which only it is democratically entitled to do. Radical improvements in governance are urgently needed, but salient proposals are scarce. This book diagnoses contemporary governments as obsolete and proposes changes in values, structures, staffing, public understanding and political culture to equip governance for the radically novel challenges of the 21st century. This is the first Report dealing with governance commissioned and approved by the Club of Rome, testifying to the significance of this book.

Author Biography

George H. Quester is a Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, where he teaches courses on International Relations, US Foreign Policy and International Military Security.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
List of Abbreviations	xi
Is the Nonproliferation Treaty Enough?	1	(8)
Taiwan and Nuclear Profliferation	9	(12)
Women in Combat	21	(14)
America's Interest in Eastern Europe: Toward a Finlandization of the Warsaw Pact?	35	(20)
Transboundary Television	55	(26)
America and the Chinese: The Need for Continuing Ambiguity	81	(18)
Some Barriers to Thinking About conventional Defense	99	(14)
Nuclear Pakistan and Nuclear India: Stable Deterrent or Proliferation Challenge?	113	(20)
America's Response to the New World (Dis) order	133	(24)
The Gains and Costs of Non-Lethal Warfare	157	(14)
Driving on the Right vs Driving on the Left: International Standards in Historical Perspective	171	(14)
The Continuing Debate on Minimal Deterrence	185	(24)
Some Conclusions	209	(2)
Index	211