Globalist Bookshelf

The World Without Us

By Alan Weisman

Excerpt: An African Paradox

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World

By Eric Weiner

Excerpt: The Geography of Bliss: Dateline Qatar

The Last Days of Europe: Epitaph for an Old Continen

By Walter Laqueur

Excerpt: European Islam and Tariq Ramadan

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

By Muhammad Yunus

Excerpt: The World in 2050

How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan

By Roy Gutman

Excerpt: How We Missed the Story

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

By David R. Montgomery

Excerpt: Disappearing Farmland

Latin America’s Political Economy of the Possible: Beyond Good Revolutionaries and Free-Marketeers

By Javier Santiso

Excerpt: The Latin American Waltz

The Price of Liberty: Paying for America’s Wars

By Robert D. Hormats

Excerpt: The Price of Liberty

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East

By Robin Wright

Excerpt: The Future of the Middle East

Africa’s Silk Road: China and India’s New Economic Frontier

By Harry G. Broadman

Excerpt: Connecting Two Continents

The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage

By Anil Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan and Haiyan Wang

Excerpt: Cultivating a Global Mindset

The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

By Kishore Mahbubani

Excerpt: How Muslims View the West

Brazzaville Charms: Magic and Rebellion in the Republic of the Congo

By Cassie Knight

Excerpt: Congo’s Oil Quagmire

India and China: An Advanced Technology Race and How the United States Should Respond

By Ernest H. Preeg

Excerpt: China as Economic Hegemon in East Asia

Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century

By Giovanni Arrighi

Excerpt: Tracing China’s Ascent

Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India, and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade

By Bill Emmott

Excerpt: Asian Drama

Pearls, Politics, and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead

By Madeleine M. Kunin

Excerpt: Women Leaders

Lenin’s Brain and Other Tales from the Secret Soviet Archives

By Paul R. Gregory

Excerpt: Tales from the Secret Soviet Archives

What Does China Think

By Mark Leonard

Excerpt: China’s Ground Zero

Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work

By Robert J. Shapiro

Excerpt: The World in 2020

Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America after 9/11

By Geneive Abdo

Excerpt: Lipstick Journalism and the East-West Divide

Blue-Collar Blues: Is Trade to Blame for Rising US Income Inequality?

By Robert Z. Lawrence

Excerpt: Blue-Collar Blues

The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker

By Steven Greehouse

Excerpt: Grappling with Globalization

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet

By Jeffrey D. Sachs

Excerpt: Common Wealth

When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East”

By Stewart Gordon

Excerpt: The Dawn of Global Trade

The Concrete Dragon: China’s Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World

By Thomas J. Campanella

Excerpt: China Reinvents the City

The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy

By David M. Smick

Excerpt: Dangerous Economic Territory

Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy

By Judy Estrin

Excerpt: Closing the Innovation Gap

The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 9/11

By Edward Alden

Excerpt: The Closing of the American Border

The Forbidden City

By Geremie R. Barmé

Excerpt: China’s Immortal Empire

City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China

By Jasper Becker

Excerpt: City of Heavenly Tranquility

First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, Capital of the 21st Century

By David Lida

Excerpt: Mexico City: First Stop in the New World

Winner Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations

By Richard J. Elkus, Jr.

Excerpt: Winner Take All

Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide

By Howard Davies & David Green

Excerpt: The Objectives of International Financial Regulation

History Strikes Back: How States, Nations, and Conflicts Are Shaping the 21st Century

By Hubert Védrine

Excerpt: History Strikes Back

The Age of Aging: How Demographics are Changing the Global Economy and Our World

By George Magnus

Excerpt: The Pyrrhic Victory of Secular Capitalism

Climate Change Negotiations: Can Asia Change the Game?

By Christine Loh, Andrew Stevenson & Simon Tay (eds.)

Excerpt: Asian Cities Take on Climate Change

The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence

By Robert J. Samuelson

Excerpt: The Future of U.S. Affluence

The Measure of America, 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience

By Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis & Eduardo Borges Martins

Excerpt: The Bygone American Dream?