This book addresses two questions that are crucial to the human condition in the twenty-first century: does globalization promote security or fuel insecurity? And what are the implications for world order? Coming to grips with these matters requires building a bridge between the geoeconomics and geopolitics of globalization, one that extends to the geostrategic realm. Yet few analysts have sought to span this gulf. Filling the void, Mittelman identifies systemic drivers of global security and insecurity and demonstrates how the intense interaction between them heightens insecurity at a world level. The emergent confluence he labels hyperconflict-a structure characterized by a reorganization of political violence, a growing climate of fear, and increasing instability at a world level. Ultimately, his assessment offers an "early warning" to enable prevention of a gathering storm of hyperconflict, and the establishment of enduring peace.
"Mittelman brilliantly and presciently provides us with the first comprehensive mapping of this twenty-first century terrain of insecurity, the touchstone of his heroic effort to depict the wider implications of neoliberal globalization for the future of humanity. Mittelman not only helps us to see the world as it is but shows us how we should think about the future in order to overcome insecurity
Princeton University
"James Mittelman is an outstanding critical scholar of globalization. In this book he examines the social and political conflict and widespread insecurity engendered by globalization. His rigorous approach is inspired by his direct experience of the struggles of people in Africa and parts of Asia as well as his familiarity with European and American thinking. The book should be read by anyone conc
Toronto
"This volume is a seminal contribution to the literature on the nexus of globalization, insecurity, and conflict, particularly because it introduces useful concepts such as hyperconflict, hypercompetition, and hyperpower in order to provide very useful insights about profound changes that have taken place in territoriality, legitimacy, economies, and rival belief systems, among other issues...High
