The New World Disorder

Challenges and Threats in an Uncertain World

J. L. Black, Michael Johns, Alanda D. Theriault, Joseph Laurence Black

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978750883
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Diplomacy & Treaties
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The new world order as it stood after the apparent end of the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR was greeted with enthusiasm and optimism almost everywhere, but especially in the West. Less than a quarter century later that optimism has faded dramatically, with the rise of populism, nationalism, religious extremism and civil discord disrupting political and social norms around the world. This book reveals the extent to which events that began as internal political crises in Europe, the Middle East and the USA have sent ripple effects reaching into all points of the globe. The projection of liberal democratic predominance in the 1990s, has faded as illiberal governance gains support worldwide. Long-standing international trade patterns are disrupted, perhaps permanently, by the weaponization of economic sanctions, real and perceived threats of terrorism raise levels of anxiety everywhere, and severe new weather patterns inflict floods, fires, drought and hurricanes on populations unused to such extremes. This book describes and analyses many of these phenomena in the hope that better understanding of them may help ameliorate their consequences.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Illustrations
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part I. NATIONAL ISSUES
• Chapter One. Crisis in Ukraine 2013–2015: A Paradigm for the New World Disorder
• Chapter Two. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Brexit and Its Aftermath
• Chapter Three. The Presidency Is What Trump Makes of It: The Trump Test and theNew World Disorder
• Chapter Four. Springtime for Central Asia?: Belts and Roads, Partnerships, and Risks amid Global Realignment
• Chapter Five. Turkey: The Missed Opportunity
• Chapter Six. Russia, Trump, and the United States: The Uses of the Other in a Political Crisis
• Chapter Seven. Are We There Yet?: The Quest for Stability and Democracy in the Western Balkans
• Chapter Eight. Brexit—Implications of an Independent Nuclear-Weapons-Free Scotland: Preventing the Sinking of Britain’s Nuclear Submarine Program
• Part II. GLOBAL ISSUES
• Chapter Nine. The Challenges of Terrorism in a Globalized World
• Chapter Ten. The Globalization/Deglobalization Dialectic: A Fragmented World Order on the Road to Globalization 2.0?
• Chapter Eleven. Internally Displaced Persons: Norm Emergence and Strain in a Disordered World
• Chapter Twelve. New Environmentalisms: The Anthropocene and Other Climate Stories
• Concluding Remarks
• Index
• About the Authors and Contributors