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With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that...

The GLAC is a diverse action network of independent leaders and change agents from more than 120 countries around the world. The network emerged from multi-stakeholder dialogues conducted by GIZ and its partners, working on the big global challenges of our time, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030. In the face of the global challenges, every individual member feels that if we want to achieve these global goals and mitigate risks for future generations, we need to flip the switch! They networked globally with their peers and developed communities of practice, initiating ...

In The Peacemakers, author Bruce Jentleson shows how key figures in the previous century rewrote the zero-sum and transactional scripts they were handed and successfully prevented conflict, advanced human rights, and promoted global sustainability. Covering a broad range of historical examples, from Yitzhak Rabin's efforts for Arab-Israeli peace to Dag Hammarskjöld's effectiveness as secretary-general of the United Nations and Mahatma Gandhi's pioneering use of nonviolence as a political tool, Jentleson argues that individuals can shape policy.