To Build a Better World by Zelikow, Philip -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Dedication Introduction: Catalytic Choices

Two East German Success Stories Ups and Downs Operating Principles for a Different World The Blindness of Hindsight Slouching Toward a Systemic Crisis What Comes Next?

Chapter 1: The Renewal of the Free World

The Two Prophets The “Rights” Revolution Reconstructing Global Finance (But Not Global Trade) Lowering Barriers: The Momentum of Three Examples The Renewal of Anticommunism

Chapter 2: Perestroika

The “Great Man”? Reform Communism To Change the USSR, Change the World Gorbachev’s “Turning Point” in 1988 What Would All This Mean for Eastern Europe? When Is the Cold War Over?

Chapter 3: Hopes and Fears

“Dream Big Dreams” The Vectors of Change The Future of Eastern Europe The Future of the Soviet Union The Future of European Integration Security in Europe The Future of Germany The Chinese Solution American Decline? Soviet Decline?

Chapter 4: The Pivot: A New Germany in a Different Europe

The Revolutions Begin The Soviet Agenda: Beyond Containment—and Beyond Communism? Putting Words into Action A New Germany? A New Germany in a New Europe? Hit the Accelerator Time to Decide on German Unity Should the Unified Germany Be in NATO? The German Election

Chapter 5: The Designs for a New Europe

A New European Union Lithuania, Biological Weapons: Walking a Tightrope A Plan to Manage German Power How to Help Gorbachev? Free to Choose A New Atlantic Alliance A Final Settlement for Germany First Tests for a Transformed NATO Creating a Better League of Nations

Chapter 6: The Designs for a Commonwealth of Free Nations

Last Chances for the Soviet Economy The Breakup of the Soviet Union What About the Nuclear Weapons? The Shock of the New: Building Different Economies and Societies Russia’s Brief Window of Opportunity The Integration of Eastern Europe Global Designs and a New World Order The Unipolar Mirage

Chapter 7: New Challenges Evolve

The Financial Crisis The Migrant Crisis Hungary and Poland Again The United States of Europe That Never Was America: The Politics of “Do You Hear Me Now?” From the Peace Dividend to Perpetual War The Break with Russia Is America Done?

Epilogue: To Build a Better World

Principles, Partnership, and Practicality Balancing the Local and the Global The Emergence of Great Power Rivalry Can a Confident America Rise Again?

Photos Acknowledgments Discover More About the Authors Notes