The Triangle of Power: Rebalancing the New World Order [Paperback]

How the world broke—and how we can still save it

The liberal world order that emerged after World War II—and expanded triumphantly following the Cold War—is unraveling. Multilateral cooperation is giving way to multipolar rivalry and conflict. Global norms are eroding. What comes next will define the rest of the century, so the search is on for a new global framework—a rebalancing of power.

InThe Triangle of Power, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argues that we are living through a hinge moment in history, akin to 1918, 1945, or 1989. A new international system is taking shape, driven by three major forces: the Global West, the Global East, and the Global South. At the center is the escalating competition between the United States and China, as both try to forge bilateral deals and regional alliances, but it is the Global South that will ultimately determine whether the future tilts toward cooperation or fragmentation.

Drawing on decades at the front lines of diplomacy and blending personal insight with political and academic experience, Stubb delivers a passionate call for values-based realism and dignified foreign policy—and warns that unless the West learns to listen, it will lose its place in the world it once built.US“A good, vivid read.”—Financial Times

“A book on the state of the world that should be noted by anybody wanting to understand our present predicament.”—Wall Street Journal

“Drawing on Finland’s Cold War–era tradition of ‘pragmatic realism,’ Stubb calls on Western leaders to work with both the East and the South to rebuild a global system of rules-based cooperation centered on the United Nations.”—Foreign Affairs

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