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The Globalist Bookshelf

2005 SELECTIONS

John Perkins: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Do development projects sometimes do more harm than good to certain regions?

Benjamin M. Friedman: The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
How does a country’s per capita income affect its government, culture and society?

Ross Gelbspan: Boiling Point
How are the other big issues of the day tied to global climate change?

Hugh Pope: Son of the Conquerors
What problems does Central Asia face and what reforms are being undertaken?

Devesh Kapur and John McHale: Give Us Your Best and Brightest
How have diasporas created global networks of skilled criminals?

Alvaro Vargas Llosa: Liberty for Latin America
How has Latin America's justice system managed to escape much needed reforms?

Christopher de Bellaigue: In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs
How did an Iranian journalist's escape from the authorities spark controversy?

Tony Judt: Postwar
How does Europe's recent history continue to inform its present and future?

Jack Turner: Spice
How was Vasco da Gama’s discovery more successful than that of Columbus?

Orhan Pamuk: Istanbul
How does Turkey's capital look through the eye's of one of its most talented authors?

Jared Diamond: Collapse
How does past use of the environment determine future development.

R.W. Apple, Jr: Apple's America
What do 40 U.S. cities look like through the eyes of an experienced journalist?

Jerry Hopkins: Thailand Confidential
How do you navigate the ins and outs of Thailand's unique culture?

Kathy Gannon: I is for Infidel
How did Afghanistan come to the world's attention only to slide back into obscurity?

Victoria de Grazia: Irresistible Empire
How did U.S. consumerism win out over other ways of life in the 20th century?

Richard Florida: The Flight of the Creative Class
What can developed countries do to keep and attract more skilled workers?

Peter Robb: A Death in Brazil
What is life like outside Brazil's major cities and in its more-remote regions?

Gerrie Ter Haar and Stephen Ellis: Worlds of Power
How have religion and politics intertwined throughout Africa's history?

Justin Hill: Ciao Asmara
What challenges does daily life present to teachers in war-torn nations?

Olivier Roy: Globalized Islam
How has the search for better economic opportunities help spread Islam globally?

Sheridan Prasso: The Asian Mystique
Do Western conceptions of Asia hold up to the reality?

Anthony Wild: Coffee — A Dark History
How has the coffee trade marked the rise of capitalism throughout history?

Tariq Ramadan: Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
Why do many Islamic communities in the West have trouble adapting?

Clyde Prestowitz: Three Billion New Capitalists
How are China and India's economies moving global economic power from West to East?

Rachel DeWoskin: Foreign Babes in Beijing
What is life like for an American expatriate living in China's capital city?

Deepak Lal: In Praise of Empires
Do the Greens really have the best intentions of the world’s poor in mind?

Jeffrey Sachs: The End of Poverty
Can clinical strategies make development in poor countries more effective?

Leon Hadar: Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East
Could Saddam Hussein’s removal actually have endangered Iraq’s future?

Pietra Rivoli: The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
How have used American and European clothes created a market in Tanzania?

Jeremy Rifkin: The European Dream
How is Europe creating its own dream of a community-based sustainable future?

Kenichi Ohmae: The Next Global Stage
Why might historical cities like Venice hold the answer to future geographical entities?

Richard N. Haass: The Opportunity
How should U.S. foreign policy adapt to today’s international system?

Kent H. Hughes: Building the Next American Century
What should the United States do to remain the leading economy in the 21st century?

Mark Leonard: Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century
How is the EU's model going to change global interaction in the 21st century?

Paul A. Laudicina: World Out of Balance
What are potential challenges ahead for the global economy?

Charles Madigan: Global Chicago
How did the Windy City transform from industrial powerhouse into global metropolis?

Stephen Flynn: America the Vulnerable
What is wrong with the current plan for U.S. homeland security?

Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
How has Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire transformed the modern world?

Lester Brown: Outgrowing the Earth
How can we ensure future food supplies for a growing world population?

Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst: After Terror
Global leaders offer their thoughts on diffusing and preventing terrorism.

Peter W. Singer: Children at War
What factors are behind the rise and expansion of child soldiery?

Kishore Mahbubani: Beyond the Age of Innocence
Why haven’t Europe and the United States helped Islamic countries?

Paul London: The Competition Solution
How realistic is the hope to reform the U.S. healthcare and education sectors?

Timothy Garton Ash: Free World
What can be done to repair recent rifts in the transatlantic alliance?

Suketu Mehta: Maximum City — Bombay Lost and Found
What changes — and challenges — does an Indian expat encounter in his former home city?

Christiane Bird: A Thousand Sighs, a Thousand Revolts
Can the world's largest ethnic group without a state of their own become unified?

Cornel West: Democracy Matters
What is wrong with America's political and social systems today?

Lee Harris: Civilization and Its Enemies
What qualities make the United States first among equals in defending civilization?

Robert Guest: The Shackled Continent
What are the causes and consequences of Africa's continued state of poverty and disorder?

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