{"product_id":"global-discord-9780691229317","title":"Global Discord","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an important book.\"\u003cb\u003e---Martin Wolf, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious and illuminating.\"\u003cb\u003e---Niall Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I recommend strongly. . . the book both for those . . . studying or thinking about international relations but also for those . . . who are currently or may want in the future to engage in . . . policy.\"\u003cb\u003e---John Bew, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of History and Foreign Policy, King’s College London; and Foreign Policy Advisor to the UK Prime Minister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book full of clever intellectual maneuvers.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adrian Wooldridge, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Keynes famously said that policymakers are distilling the frenzy of past academic scribblers. [Paul Tucker is] the rare policymaker who goes on to become an extraordinary scribbler.\"\u003cb\u003e---Lawrence H. Summers, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Television\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An extremely important and striking book in many ways. It makes a contribution in terms of political ideas, and so is of interest to students of the history of political thought, but also political economy, international relation, and of course . . . major and important geopolitical policy recommendations and analyses.\"\u003cb\u003e---Richard Bourke, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important new book. . . . \u003ci\u003eGlobal Discord\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the prospects for 21st-century geopolitics, and possible trade-offs facing the West.\"\u003cb\u003e---Vic Duggan, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times ​​​​​​\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] fascinating . . . [and] commanding book.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Westin, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Television\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book has extraordinary sweep and breadth of learning. It straddles the line between academic work and rigorous book for generalists. . . . Invigorating.\"\u003cb\u003e---Krishna Guha, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003e[Tucker] likens the relationship between America and China to that between Britain and France between 1688 and 1815. . . . The parallel is instructive because it is a reminder that the rivalry is one with which the world is likely to have to live for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Simon Nixon, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We need serious strategic thinking about how the situation is changing and what to do about it. One of the few people earnestly engaged in that project is Paul Tucker.\"\u003cb\u003e---Juliet Samuel, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wide-ranging and erudite.\"\u003cb\u003e---Diane Coyle, \u003ci\u003eEnlightened Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eA true tour de force.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Jack Snyder, \u003ci\u003eauthor of Human Rights for Pragmatists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tremendously rich book. One of the most interesting books in terms of how [it] combines[s] various aspects of international politics that I have read for a very long time.\"\u003cb\u003e---Arne Westad, \u003ci\u003eYale Professor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I learned a lot and can only applaud the breadth of vision and ambition. Bravo.\"\u003cb\u003e---Kevin Gardiner, \u003ci\u003eSociety of Professional Economists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The great achievement of this profound and important book is that it offers a way of thinking about international politics that helps us to know what better decisions will look like. It might even assist some of those charged with making such decisions to do a better job. Books like this do not come along very often; when they do, one can only hope they are read as widely as possible.\"\u003cb\u003e---Paul Sagar, \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a lovely book.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jeff Colgan, \u003ci\u003eRichard Holbrooke Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Climate Solutions Lab at the Watson Institute for Public and International Affairs, Brown University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eA must-read for anyone wanting to understand the various possible trade-offs for 21st-century geoeconomics.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---T.C.A. Ranganathan, \u003ci\u003eBook Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGlobal Discord\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most comprehensive and judicious books on [international affairs]. It seamlessly combines political theory, International Relations theory, international law, international political economy and a wealth of experience that Sir Paul Tucker accumulated during a long career as a central and international banker.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter Wilson, \u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403916124503,"sku":"9780691229317","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691229317.jpg?v=1730484879","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-discord-9780691229317","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}