"Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi is the Director General of the Emirates Center for Strategic Study and Research (ECSSR) and a professor of political science at UAE university" (4e de couv.)

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Preface A thesis on the power structure of the new world order The new world order : features and concepts Factors influencing the structure of the new world order The new world order : decisive junctures The new world order : economy, trade and energy Public opinion and the new world order : a survey of the UAE population Prospective structural changes and their consequences for the new world order The new world order : future outlook Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

Présentation de l'éditeur : "The main premise of the book is that the United States of America may be considered the dominant pole in the new world order, and that the world will continue to exist in an American age that is expected to extend for at least a further five decades. The qualitative supremacy of the United States of America has proven inescapable according to the data, statistics and information presented in this book, as well as the scales and variables of comparison adopted by the author in terms of economics, military advancement, energy resources, transportation, education, culture, and technological progress. According to these standards, the structure of the new world order may be described as a hierarchy, with the United States of America alone at the top, followed by a second tier comprising Russia, China and the European Union, a third tier consisting of Japan, India and Brazil, followed by the rest of world. The introduction to this book may be considered a basic foundation for the analysis presented in the following seven chapters, which examine the emergence, current status, and future of the new world order in its various dimensions."