Author:Valeri Melikadze

Page number, Format:152, A4

Financing:The book is created and published by the Center for Social Sciences, with the financial support of OSI – Zug Foundation, Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of Open Society Institute in Budapest.

©Center for Social Sciences, 2006

Short Description:The following topics are introduced in the book: globalization and theories of world politics (on the basis of the example of two social systems), globalization of world politics, (the United States of America – “Reluctant Empire”), economic development and globalization of world politics, (terrorism – new, essential player of world politics?), some of the global problems, such as ecological and demographic problems, technologies and culture in global relations. Global politics after Iraq war era is discussed in the conclusion of the book.