The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World Hardcover

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Renowned-political-scientist-Ian-Bremmer-draws-lessons-from-global-challenges-of-the-past-100-years—including-the-pandemic—to-show-how-we-can-respond-to-three-great-crises-unfolding-over-the-next-decade.In-this-revelatory,-unnerving,-and-ultimately-hopeful-book,-Bremmer-details-how-domestic-and-international-conflicts-leave-us-unprepared-for-a-trio-of-looming-crises—global-health-emergencies,-transformative-climate-change,-and-the-AI-revolution.-Today,-Americans-cannot-reach-consensus-on-any-significant-political-issue,-and-US-and-Chinese-leaders-behave-as-if-they’re-locked-in-a-new-Cold-War.-We-are-squandering-opportunities-to-meet-the-challenges-that-will-soon-confront-us-all.In-coming-years,-humanity-will-face-viruses-deadlier-and-more-infectious-than-Covid.-Intensifying-climate-change-will-put-tens-of-millions-of-refugees-in-flight-and-require-us-to-reimagine-how-we-live-our-daily-lives.-Most-dangerous-of-all,-new-technologies-will-reshape-the-geopolitical-order,-disrupting-our-livelihoods-and-destabilizing-our-societies-faster-than-we-can-grasp-and-address-their-implications.The-good-news?-Some-farsighted-political-leaders,-business-decision-makers,-and-individual-citizens-are-already-collaborating-to-tackle-all-these-crises.-The-question-that-should-keep-us-awake-is-whether-they-will-work-well-and-quickly-enough-to-limit-the-fallout—and,-most-importantly,-whether-we-can-use-these-crises-to-innovate-our-way-toward-a-better-world.Drawing-on-strategies-both-time-honored-and-cutting-edge,-from-the-Marshall-Plan-to-the-Green-New-Deal, The Power of Crisisprovides-a-roadmap-for-surviving—even-thriving-in—the-21st-century.-Bremmer-shows-governments,-corporations,-and-every-concerned-citizen-how-we-can-use-these-coming-crises-to-create-the-worldwide-prosperity-and-opportunity-that-20th-century-globalism-promised-but-failed-to-deliver.