Beyond Confrontation : Globalists, Nationalists and Their Discontents.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Box -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Author -- Preface -- Introduction: Global Times -- PART 1-A World of Rules -- Chapter 1-Making the Rules-based International Order -- Creating the Post-war Order -- League of Nations as Precursor -- Lessons for the 1940s -- The Juridification of International Relations -- International Judicial Institutions -- The "Rule of Law" or the Power of the People -- The Law-based Erosion of Sovereignty -- Human Rights as a Tool Undermining Sovereignty -- Chapter 2-Globalism against Politics -- The Rule of Rules -- Globalist Paradoxes -- Rejecting Popular Democracy -- Scorning Reason -- Globalist Protectionism Outdoes Openness -- Progress Abandoned -- Change and No Change -- The Impoverishment of Politics -- Anti-politics Outdoes Anti-state -- Chapter 3-The Anti-democratic Roots of Neoliberalism -- Neoliberal Influences -- Triple Concerns -- Preventing Conflict -- Containing the Capitalist Crisis -- Controlling the Masses -- The Post-war Expansion of Democratic Worries -- Conclusion: Neoliberalism's Biggest Influence is Anti-democratic Politics Rather Than Pro-liberal Economics -- Chapter 4-From Post-war Order to Disorder -- A Puzzle of US Hegemony -- Why So Durable, for So Long -- An Asset Becomes a Liability -- Western Decline and the Rise of China -- Western Responses to the Shifting Tectonic Plates -- Part 2-Myths about Trade -- Chapter 5-The Obsession with Trade -- The Miscasting of Trade -- A Contrary View from Economists -- The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Trade Determinism -- The "Global Trade Slowdown" Demystified -- Chapter 6-Trade Becomes Weaponised -- The Intellectual Roots of the Weaponisation of Trade -- Trade War Confusions -- The Rise and Fall of 1930s Tariffs -- The Post-1945 Trade War Narrative.

Globalist Complacencies -- Behind Today's Trade Skirmishes -- Chapter 7-Free Trade Illusions -- The Illiberalisation of Western Economies -- The Myth of Free Trade -- The Post-war Management of International Trade -- The Take-off of Regional Agreements -- Fragmentation Sharpens -- Chapter 8-The Rise and Rise of Protectionism -- What is Protectionism? -- Protectionist Fallacies -- A False Solution to Unemployment -- The Post-1970s Protectionist Surge -- Murky Protectionism -- Globalist Protectionism -- Protectionist Divisions -- Bigger Conflicts Loom -- Part 3-Internationalism Starts at Home -- Chapter 9-Internationalisation: Sustaining Atrophy -- Novelties of Globalisation 2.0? -- Inter- and Intra-firm Trading -- Intermediate Goods Trading -- Trading in Services -- What is Distinctive Within Internationalisation 2.0? -- Capital Importing -- State Internationalisation -- Postponed Rivalries -- Internationalisation Rebounds -- Conclusion: The Geopolitical Tectonic Plates are Creaking -- Chapter 10-The Battle Starts at Home -- Relieving the Economic Strains -- The Dangers of Enforced Stability -- The Zombie Block -- Stagnation Despite Innovation -- The Perverse Effect of Supportive State Intervention -- Breaking the Log-Jam -- The Agenda for Change is an Agenda of Change -- Conclusion: Popular Engagement is Vital to Success -- Chapter 11-Internationalism, National Sovereignty and Democracy -- Whither the Nation State? -- Are Nations Really "Too Small" to Cope? -- Are Nations "Too Large" to be Effective? -- The Myth of the Supranational Stateless Corporation -- The Modern Violation of Sovereignty -- Sovereignty, Freedom and Democracy -- Internationalism Through Nationalism -- Reconciling the "Global Trilemma" -- Conclusion: Popular Sovereignty as Bulwark Against World War -- References -- Index.

Beyond Confrontation by Phil Mullan negotiates a third way between the rules-based global order dictated by Western globalists and the mercantilist protectionism of Western nationalists, both of which only fuel resentments between developed and emerging nations.

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