Author(s): Ian Bremmer (Contribution by)

Cultural Studies

In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Ian Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises-global health emergencies, transformative climate change, and the AI revolution. Today, Americans cannot reach a consensus on any significant political issue, and we are squandering opportunities to meet the challenges that will soon confront us all. In the coming years, humanity will face viruses deadlier and more infectious than COVID-19. Intensifying climate change will put tens of millions of refugees in flight and require us to reimagine how we live our daily lives. Most dangerous of all, new technologies will reshape the geopolitical order, disrupting our livelihoods and destabilizing our societies faster than we can grasp and address their implications. The good news? Some farsighted politicians, business leaders, and concerned citizens are already collaborating to tackle these crises. The question that should keep us awake is whether they will work well and quickly enough to limit the fallout-and whether we can use these crises to innovate our way toward a better world. Drawing on strategies both time-honored and cutting-edge, from the Marshall Plan to the Green New Deal, The Power of Crisis provides a road map for surviving-even thriving in-the twenty-first century.