Five Rising Democracies: And the Fate of the International Liberal Order (Geopolitics in the 21st Century) - Softcover

Book 6 of 18: Geopolitics in the 21st Century

Piccone, Ted

 
9780815725794: Five Rising Democracies: And the Fate of the International Liberal Order (Geopolitics in the 21st Century)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0815725795 ISBN 13: 9780815725794
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 2016

Synopsis

Shifting power balances in the world are shaking the foundations of the liberal international order and revealing new fault lines at the intersection of human rights and international security. Will these new global trends help or hinder the world's long struggle for human rights and democracy? The answer depends on the role of five rising democracies—India, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, and Indonesia—as both examples and supporters of liberal ideas and practices.
Ted Piccone analyzes the transitions of these five democracies as their stars rise on the international stage. While they offer important and mainly positive examples of the compatibility of political liberties, economic growth, and human development, their foreign policies swing between interest-based strategic autonomy and a principled concern for democratic progress and human rights. In a multipolar world, the fate of the liberal international order depends on how they reconcile these tendencies.

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About the Author

Ted Piccone is a senior fellow with the Project on International Order and Strategy and the Latin America Initiative in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. His research is focused on global democracy and human rights policies; U.S.-Latin American relations, including Cuba; emerging powers; and multilateral affairs.

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Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0815725795
ISBN 13 
9780815725794
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
369