The World Under Pressure: How China and India Are Influencing the Global Economy and Environment
Автор:Carl Dahlman Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 326 ISBN: 0804786933 The rapid rise of China and India is reshaping our global economic and environmental systems—raising major issues of stability, governance, and sustainability.This book develops a framework that shows the interdependence between economic size, trade, finance, technology, environment, security, and global governance. Author Carl J. Dahlman uses this framework to provide data on the speed of global power shifts and to trace the implications for nations worldwide. Analyzing this critical moment in historical context, he offers insights into our most pressing concerns. Specifically, China and India's unchecked growth has the potential to ignite trade, resource, cold, and conventional wars. Moreover, these nations could set in motion monumental challenges related to climate change. The text warns that the current international governance system is not up to the challenges of defusing these frictions. Major powers, including China and India, must do more to address the gathering storm....
