Table of Contents
Foreword Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Part 1 Dens ex Machina: How the Murder of an Archduke Began the Unraveling of the Westphalian Era, Created Four New Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Transformed the Nature of the International System in the Twenty-First Century
1 Globalization and the Diffusion of Power 11
2 The New Four Horsemen 31
3 Three Crucial Consequences 45
Part 2 Many Archdukes, Many Bullets
4 Regional Crises and Ticking Time Bombs 63
5 Global Financial and Economic Ticking Time Bombs 82
6 Cyber 91
7 Wildcards; Looming Archdukes and Lurking Bullets 105
Part 3 A Brains-Based Approach to Strategy: Corralling the Four Horsemen
8 Failed and Failing Governments 127
9 Economic Despair, Disparity, and Disruption 147
10 Ideological Extremism and Religious Fanaticism 156
11 Environmental Calamity and Climate Change 167
12 Mind-Set Myopia: The Failure of Strategic Thinking 173
Conclusions: Needed-A Brains-Based Approach 191
Appendix I A Letter to the Secretary of Defense 201
Appendix II A Future Maritime Force 207
Index 215