The Chessboard and the Web, AnneMarie Slaughter
The Chessboard and the Web, AnneMarie Slaughter
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The Chessboard and the Web
Strategies of Connection in a Networked World

Author: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin

Unabridged: 6 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/21/2017


Synopsis

In 1961, Thomas Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict used game theory to radically reenvision the U.S.-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of international relations for the rest of the Cold War. Now, Anne-Marie Slaughter—one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers from 2009 to 2012, and the first woman to serve as director of the State Department Office of Policy Planning—applies network theory to develop a new set of strategies for the post–Cold War world. While chessboard-style competitive relationships still exist—U.S.-Iranian relations, for example—many other situations demand that we look not at individual entities but at their links to one another. We must learn to understand, shape, and build on those connections.

Concise and accessible, based on real-world situations, on a lucid understanding of network science, and on a clear taxonomy of strategies, this will be a go-to resource for anyone looking for a new way to think about strategy in politics or business.

About Anne-Marie Slaughter

Anne-Marie Slaughter is president and CEO of New America, former director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department, and former dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her books include A New World Order and Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family, which was named one of the best books of 2015 by the Washington Post, the Economist, and NPR. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay

This is a reasonable introduction to networks and how they are used in foreign policy. I appreciated the definitions most, with examples of how the different kinds of networks have come into play in various places, such as how the US Army used network analysis to battle Iraq and to work with the Afg......more

Goodreads review by Nelson

This is an excellent high level read of emerging issues facing international relations. The static chessboard view of the world no longer applies to a great many situations facing today's nation state. Dr. Slaughter does a masterful job of weaving together disparate disciplines to paint a picture of......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

A wonderful mix of politics and logic thinking! Superbly structured, a huge amount of examples, many many different sources and references to other persons, well explained, as short as it can be, a really good introductory read! It shows you a hint to how your mindset might look from the outside and......more

Goodreads review by Andre

Hacia un sistema internacional interconectado The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World es un libro de la politóloga Anne-Marie Slaughter que explica a fondo la relevancia e implicaciones de la teoría de las redes globales para el estudio de las relaciones internaciona......more