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

Piccone, Ted

ISBN 10: 0815727410 / ISBN 13: 9780815727415

Published by Brookings Institution Press, 2016

About this Item

Very fine; 350 p., immaculate and completely unmarked; binding firm; gray boards with bright silver gilt lettering on black spine show minimal shelf wear; glossy photographic d.j. pristine.

Seller Inventory # SKU1020525

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Five Rising Democracies: And the Fate of the International Liberal Order (Geopolitics in the 21st Century)
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815727410
• ISBN 13: 9780815727415
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 27 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • POLITICS

About this title

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.

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.