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In the twenty-five years after 1989 the world enjoyed the deepest peace in its history. The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth examines that singular quarter century, describing how and why peace was established and then fell apart. Mandelbaum argues that peace ended because three important countries - Vladimir Putin's Russia in Europe, Xi Jinping's China in East Asia, and the Shia clerics' Iran in the Middle East - put an end to it with aggressive nationalist policies aimed at overturning the prevailing political arrangements in their respective regions. The three had a common motive: a dictatorial regime's need to survive in a democratic age with their prospects for economic growth uncertain. Mandelbaum further argues that the key to a return of peace lies in the advent of genuine democracy, including free elections and the protection of religious, economic, and political liberty. Since democracy cannot be imposed from the outside, The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth has a dual message: the world has a formula for peace, but there is no way to ensure that all countries embrace it.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Europe: The Lost Peace
The Blunder
From Yeltsin to Putin
The End of Peace
The New/Old Europe
Chapter Two: East Asia: The Commercial Peace
Chinese Singularity
Chinese Revisionism
The Korean Conundrum
The New/Old East Asia
Chapter Three: The Middle East: The Hegemonic Truce
Iran
The Bomb
The Arab Spring
The New/Old Middle East
Chapter Four: Peace Regained?
Accident or Precedent?
Perpetual Peace?
Universal Democracy?
