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020			_a9781800810785
050			_aJZ5595 _b.A565 2022
100			_aAndrews, John
245			_aThe World in Conflict : _bunderstanding the world's troublespots / _cJohn Andrews
250			_aFourth edition - Fully revised and updated
260			_aLondon: _bThe Economist, _c2022.
300			_a xii, 308 Pages; _bmaps ; _c20 cm.
505			_aWhy conflict happens -- Middle East and north Africa : connected by Islam -- Africa : rich in resources, poor in governance -- The UK and Europe : bloodied past, complacent present, uncertain future -- The Americas : faith, drugs and revolution -- The United States : both superpower and vulnerable Goliath -- Asia : people and potential--for both peace and war -- War without end? -- Appendix: Terrorist organizations : to designate and to proscribe.
520			_a"The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fresh upheavals in the Middle East to the threats posed to humanity by a global pandemic, climate change, and natural disasters, the world's danger zones once again draw their battle lines across our hyper-connected, yet fragmented globe. In this revised and updated fourth edition, join veteran Economist journalist John Andrews as he analyzes the old enmities and looming collisions that underlie conflict in the twenty-first century."--Jacket flap.
650			_aInternational Relations.
650			_aWorld Politics _y21st century.
650			_aConflict Management.
650			_aRelations International.
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