Salon: The real enemies of the poor

[Faustine]

But there's no real meat here--it's the kind of thing that tells you just 
enough to make you feel like you know what you're talking about, but 
doesn't go nearly deep enough to be worth anything. 

So what's on my summer reading list? The Institute for National Strategic 
Studies and the National Defense University just came out with a 
monstrously long (1124 pp.)two-volume compendium of essays: "The Global 
Century: Globalization and National Security" that explores the 
implications of globalism in 49 essays from every angle you can think of by 
a collection of genuine heavy hitters. I think I'll certainly be better off 
for having invested the time in reading it.

here's a link to the pdf:

http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/GlobalCentury/globcencont.html

and here's the table of contents:


 Introduction: Policies for a Globalized World       
Chapter 1          
Meeting the Challenges of the Global Century
       Stephen J. Flanagan
Part I.  Globalization: Strategic Implications for the United States
Chapter 2          
Globalization and National Security: A Strategic Agenda
       Ellen L. Frost  
Chapter 3          
Controlling Chaos: New Axial Strategic Principles
        Richard L. Kugler
Chapter 4          
Global Economics and Unsteady Regional Geopolitics
        Robert E. Hunter  
Chapter 5          
Stability, Stasis, and Change: A Fragmegrating World
       James N. Rosenau  
Chapter 6          
Military Power and Maritime Forces
       Seymour J. Deitchman  
Part II.  U.S. National Security Policy: Emerging Priorities  

Chapter 7          
A Global Agenda for Foreign and Defense Policy
        Jonathan T. Howe  
Chapter 8          
Beyond Global-Regional Thinking
        Alan K. Henrikson  
Chapter 9          
Foreign Policy in the Information Age
        David J. Rothkopf  
Chapter 10          
Economics and National Security: The Dangers of Overcommitment
        David P.H. Denoon
Chapter 11          
Toward Alliance Reform
        Ronald D. Asmus
Chapter 12          
The Globalization of Energy Markets
        Martha Caldwell Harris  
Chapter 13          
Dealing with Rogue States
        Kori N. Schake and Justin P. Bernier  
Chapter 14          
Deterrence, Intervention, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
        William Miller
Chapter 15          
Peace Operations: Political?Military Coordination
        Michael J. Dziedzic
Chapter 16          
Export Controls: A Clash of Imperatives
         Charles B. Shotwell
 Part III.  Military Power: The Challenges Ahead
Chapter 17          
Future U.S. Defense Strategy
        Richard L. Kugler  
Chapter 18          
The Military in a New Era: Living with Complexity
        Anthony H. Cordesman  
Chapter 19          
Transforming the Armed Forces: An Agenda for Change
        Paul K. Davis
 Chapter 20          
The Navy and the New Strategic Environment
        Bradd C. Hayes  
Chapter 21          
Security from the Oceans
        Sam J. Tangredi
Chapter 22          
Influencing Events Ashore
        Harlan K. Ullman  
Chapter 23          
Formative and Operative Engagement
       Stephen Benson  
Chapter 24          
The Navy and Globalization: Convergence of the Twain?
        Gwyn Prins
Chapter 25          
The Coast Guard: Past Catalyst, Future Tool
        Timothy L. Terriberry and Scott C. Truver 
Chapter 26          
The Corporate Experience: Lessons for the Military
        Solveig Spielmann
 Volume II 
 Introduction: Dealing with Diverse Trends           
 Part IV.  Global Trends: Unity or Fragmentation?
Chapter 27          
Alliances and Alignments in a Globalizing World
        Laurence Martin  
Chapter 28          
The Net: Power and Policy in the 21st Century
        Leslie David Simon  
Chapter 29          
Corporations in the World Economy: Dynamic Innovation
        Theodore Roosevelt Malloch  
Chapter 30          
Developing Countries: Winners or Losers?
        Carol Lancaster
Chapter 31          
Religion and Culture: Human Dimensions of Globalization
        Douglas M. Johnston  
Chapter 32          
Ideas Matter: A Diversity of Foreign Policies
        Esther A. Bacon and Colleen M. Herrmann  
Chapter 33          
Facing Down the Global Village: The Media Impact
        Samuel Feist  
Chapter 34          
Oil Resources: Markets, Politics, and Policies
        Patrick L. Clawson  
Chapter 35          
The Sinister Underbelly: Organized Crime and Terrorism
        Kimberley L. Thachuk  
Chapter 36          
International Law and Institutions: A Post-Westphalian Landscape
        Charles B. Shotwell  
Chapter 37          
Proliferation of Advanced Weaponry: Threat to Stability
        William W. Keller and Janne E. Nolan  
Chapter 38          
Global Networks and Security: How Dark Is the Dark Side?
        Martin C. Libicki  
Part V.  Regional Trends: Promise or Peril?
Chapter 39          
The European Quest for Unity
        Richard L. Kugler  
Chapter 40          
Russia and Its Neighbors: Integration or Disintegration?
       F. Stephen Larrabee  
Chapter 41          
Latin American Economies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
        Moisis Namm and Carlos Lozada  
Chapter 42          
Latin America: Emerging Challenges
        Luis Bitencourt
Chapter 43          
The Arab World: Economic Progress and Struggle
        Kathleen Ridolfo
Chapter 44          
The Persian Gulf: Security, Politics, and Order
        Shahram Chubin
Chapter 45          
Asian Economies: The Dynamics of Progress
        Richard P. Cronin
Chapter 46          
Asia-Pacific Security Relations: Changes Ahead
        Thomas W. Robinson  
Chapter 47          
Africa: Troubled Continent in a Globalizing World
         P. Frangois Hugo  
Chapter 48          
The Balkans: Failing States and Ethnic Wars
        Laura Rozen  
Chapter 49          
The Canadian Role in Human Security    
        Brooke A. Smith-Windsor