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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
Ian Bremmer's latest book is a breezy tour d'horizon of contemporary global affairs that offers little fresh insight and makes no real argument. The theme, such as there is one, is that populist movements have gained power across the world and that the neoliberal moment that emerged in the '90s is coming to an end. What's next? Bremmer offers a few possibilities but refuses to make any predictions or even state a preference.
There was a time when Bremmer was an incisive analyst of global affairs. But these days, he's slipped comfortably into the space occupied by Thomas Friedman, Parag Khanna, and Fareed Zakaria: "big picture" guys who can craft a compelling narrative about current affairs that studiously avoids pushing any buttons. "Us Vs. Them" is best thought of as a watered-down, special edition of the Economist rather than a work that will improve one's understanding of the world.
There was a time when Bremmer was an incisive analyst of global affairs. But these days, he's slipped comfortably into the space occupied by Thomas Friedman, Parag Khanna, and Fareed Zakaria: "big picture" guys who can craft a compelling narrative about current affairs that studiously avoids pushing any buttons. "Us Vs. Them" is best thought of as a watered-down, special edition of the Economist rather than a work that will improve one's understanding of the world.
Nothing interesting here. N-2 chapters about how pissed off people are, 1 chapter of vague ideas for improvement (pretty much all in the "you've heard this before" category), and a conclusion. Bremmer could have said all this in a ten page article.
This book from 2018 is still relevant in 2024. Trump is still the symptom, highlighting the problems. So why isn’t anyone solving them?
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I was given this book from my work two years ago, and after reading it I fully admit that it would have been a much better book in 2021 than it was in 2023. Unfortunately, a lot of the current events were outdated or obsolete by the time I read this book, so it felt sort of pointless to be reading it. I did appreciate that it was an easy read, but don’t have much more to say beyond that.
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