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Review: Triangle of Power: Rebalancing the New World Order – Alexander
Stubb (Biteback Publishing)
Whatever we call the current historical juncture – polycrisis, rupture or just
the possible end of civilisation as we know it – there is growing agreement
that the stakes couldn’t be much higher for humanity. Even in atypically
fortunate Australia, just recognising and agreeing on the nature and extent of
the problems we face would be an achievement.
Coming up with credible-looking responses is a challenge of a different order.
But some people are at least trying. Unsurprisingly, given the Trump
administration’s role in creating or failing to respond to many of our
collective dilemmas – be they military, economic or environmental – we need to
look elsewhere for possible solutions.
One reason Canadian prime minister Mark Carney’s recent speech at Davos
attracted so much attention was that he drew attention to the nature of the
problems we face, even if he was careful not to name its principal source.
The leader of another middle power, Finland’s president Alexander Stubb, is
also careful not to attribute blame. But he goes much further than Carney in
analysing the shortcomings of the current international order.
Stubb also has some useful ideas about what might be done. It is difficult to
imagine they will be taken up as long as Donald Trump is in the White House,
but Stubb’s book
Triangle of Power is a reminder that we are a quite
intelligent species, even if we continue to do unbelievably stupid things."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
