The World at 2000

'A real winner by a first-rate scholar. Accessible and thoughtful, this stands out as the best among the many current texts on global prospects. It deserves to command intense interest from both scholars and students.' - Charles W. Kegley, Jr., Pearce Professor of International Relations, University of South Carolina and President, International Studies Association, 1993-1994 '[A] perceptive analysis of contemporary world politics.' - Tony McGrew, New Political Economy '...good overview for newcomers to key themes.' - A. Williams, London Guildhall University 'If you do not [already have this book] go out and get it...In 150 pages it gives a critical picture of the state of the world and a no less critical picture of the ways in which we try to understand and to deal with it.' - Robert Cooper, International Affairs '[A] broad and invaluable overview of some extremely controversial and potent issues...lively, thought-provoking and well-argued...striking in the range of its coverage...as well as the accessibility of its arguments.' - Amrita Narlikar, The Times Higher Education Supplement '...penetrating and incisive survey of the state of the world at the dawn of the new millennium...this little book packs a remarkable and urgently needed punch.' - Dr Peadar Kirby, Irish Times

Beneath the millennial shine of political optimism and technological advance lurk a set of deep uncertainties: global inequality is growing; This important book by a leading observer of International Relations provides a critical but cautiously optimistic assessment of the state and prospects of the world at 2000.Beneath the millennial shine of political optimism and technological advance lurk a set of deep uncertainties: global inequality is growing; weapons of mass destruction are spreading; strident assertions of identity divide peoples and states; overall, there is a marked lack of effective co-ordination and reduced confidence in the power of people, ideas and democratic processes to achieve change. This important book by a leading observer of International Relations provides a critical but cautiously optimistic assessment of the state and prospects of the world at 2000.