Books by Ian Clark
“Clark’s book takes some of the key moments of the past half-millennium—Westphalia, at the end of the Thirty Years’ War; Utrecht, at the end of the war of Spanish Succession; the Congress of Vienna, after the Napoleonic Wars; Versailles; and then the collection of treaties after the Second World War—and sets out descriptions of the negotiations, the contexts of the treaties, and most important the evolution of norms of legitimacy among powerful states.” Read more...
The best books on Geopolitics and Global Commerce
Paul Tucker, Economist
Interviews where books by Ian Clark were recommended
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In the Beginning was the Deed: Realism and Moralism in Political Argument
by Bernard Williams -
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A Treatise of Human Nature
by David Hume -
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Justice Among the Nations: A History of International Law
by Stephen Neff -
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Legitimacy in International Society
by Ian Clark -
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Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power
by Xuetong Yan
The best books on Geopolitics and Global Commerce, recommended by Paul Tucker
The best books on Geopolitics and Global Commerce, recommended by Paul Tucker
For centuries humanity has struggled with how to build an international order based on law and agreed principles, rather than force and the threat of war. In today’s multi-polar world understanding how such an order might and could be shaped has taken on a renewed urgency. Here, Paul Tucker, a fellow at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, chooses five books on geopolitics and global commerce.
