{"product_id":"rising-powers-shrinking-planet-paperback","title":"Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael T. Klare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the now-classic \u003ci\u003eResource Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, an indispensable account of how the world's diminishing sources of energy are radically changing the international balance of power\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently, an unprecedented Chinese attempt to acquire the major American energy firm Unocal was blocked by Congress amidst hysterical warnings of a Communist threat. But the political grandstanding missed a larger point: the takeover bid was a harbinger of a new structure of world power, based not on market forces or on arms and armies but on the possession of vital natural resources. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurveying the energy-driven dynamic that is reconfiguring the international landscape, Michael Klare, the preeminent expert on resource geopolitics, forecasts a future of surprising new alliances and explosive danger. World leaders are now facing the stark recognition that all materials vital for the functioning of modern industrial societies (not just oil and natural gas but uranium, coal, copper, and others) are finite and being depleted at an ever-accelerating rate. As a result, governments rather than corporations are increasingly spearheading the pursuit of resources. In a radically altered world-- where Russia is transformed from battered Cold War loser to arrogant broker of Eurasian energy, and the United States is forced to compete with the emerging Chindia juggernaut--the only route to survival on a shrinking planet, Klare shows, lies through international cooperation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRising Powers, Shrinking Planet\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the energy-driven dynamic that is reconfiguring the international landscape, and argues that the only route to survival in our radically altered world lies through international cooperation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKlare's superb book explains, in haunting detail, the trends that will lead us into a series of dangerous traps unless we muster the will to transform the way we use energy. -- Bill McKibben\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael T. Klare\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eResource Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Oil, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Race for What's Left\u003c\/i\u003e. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the defense analyst for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and the director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737462804543,"sku":"9780805089219","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/19c692070999c20ed0d42f121b870de5.webp?v=1765150066","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rising-powers-shrinking-planet-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}