The Age of Unpeace
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The Age of Unpeace

How Connectivity Causes Conflict

Mark Leonard • Bantam • 2021
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Continual Discord

by David Meyer

Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations Mark Leonard presents a compelling, discouraging overview of the current state of the world: ever-increasing fragmentation and competition.

Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations Mark Leonard argues that chaos is a feature – not a bug – of globalization and its connectivity. He offers startling insights that may well change your view of how nations and the world function.

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Globalization – greater economic interdependence – raises the complexity of international politics and generates friction between and within countries. It increased wealth for some, made others poorer, and fueled awareness and resentment of inequality.

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