{"title":"Diplomacy \u0026 International Relations","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-end-of-power-moises-naim-first-edition-first-printing","title":"The End of Power. Moisés Naím. First Edition, First Printing.","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1csmwgf\" data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"478\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"478\"\u003eMoisés Naím. \u003cem data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"444\"\u003eThe End of Power\u003c\/em\u003e. First Edition, First Printing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"648\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"497\"\u003eNAÍM, Moisés.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"619\"\u003eThe End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn't What It Used to Be.\u003c\/em\u003e New York: Basic Books, 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"680\"\u003eFirst edition, first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"1259\"\u003eOne of the most influential works on governance and political power published in the early twenty-first century, \u003cem data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"813\"\u003eThe End of Power\u003c\/em\u003e challenges one of the central assumptions of political and institutional life: that those who hold authority are able to exercise it with the same permanence and effectiveness as in previous generations. Drawing upon examples from government, international relations, business, religion, finance, warfare, and civil society, Moisés Naím argues that power has become easier to acquire, more difficult to wield, and increasingly fragile to retain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1785\"\u003eA former Venezuelan Minister of Trade and Industry, Executive Director of the World Bank, and long-serving Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem data-start=\"1387\" data-end=\"1403\"\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e, Naím combines practical experience with rigorous analysis to explain how globalization, technological change, demographic shifts, and the rapid movement of information have transformed the nature of leadership and institutional authority. The result is a work that has become a modern reference in political science, international affairs, public policy, and strategic management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1787\" data-end=\"2359\"\u003eWidely praised upon publication by leading statesmen and scholars—including Bill Clinton, Francis Fukuyama, George Soros, Arianna Huffington, and Fernando Henrique Cardoso—the book remains highly relevant for understanding the contemporary challenges confronting governments, multinational corporations, international organisations, and political leaders. 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