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End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

Peter Turchin

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The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World

Anne-Marie Slaughter

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The other problem is entanglement, multiple federal agencies engaged in managing parts of the same problem.

George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

Today, potential enemies proliferate not because of anything the United States does but because of who the United States is. This changes not only U.S. foreign policy but the institutional structure of the United States. The entire world is a potential antagonist and requires constant management.

George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

Martin Wolf

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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Grove Art)

Paul Collier

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Rom Brafman • Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior

Political Order and Political Decay

Francis Fukuyama

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The decision-making structure in Washington is complex, diffuse, and at odds with itself. It has streamlined itself not for routine decisions but primarily for crises.