Vassilis K. Fouskas is Professor of International Relations at Richmond University, London and the founding editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. He is the author of Cyprus (Pluto, 2009), The Fall of the US Empire (Pluto, 2012) and Zones of Conflict (Pluto, 2003).Bulent Gokay is Professor of International Relations and Head of the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Keele University. He is the author of The Politics of Caspian Oil (2001), Eastern Europe Since 1970 (2005, 2006), Soviet Eastern Policy and Turkey, 1920-1991 (2006), Politics of Oil: A Survey (2007), and Muslims and Communists in Post-Transition States (with Ben Fowkes, 2011). He is the founder of globalfaultlines.com.

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsList of Tables, Graphs and MapsIntroduction1. Global Fault-lines2. Bretton Woods to the Abyss of Globalisation, 1944-19713. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [1], 1971-19914. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [2], 1991-20115. The Power-Shift to the Global East6. Resources Depletion and Environmental DegradationConclusionBibliographyIndex

'This absorbing book makes a remarkable contribution to the current version of this very important debate, while revisiting its previous versions ... stimulating reading'

Vassilis K. Fouskas is Professor of International Relations at Richmond University, London and the founding editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. He is the author of Cyprus (Pluto, 2009), The Fall of the US Empire (Pluto, 2012) and Zones of Conflict (Pluto, 2003).Bulent Gokay is Professor of International Relations and Head of the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Keele University. He is the author of The Politics of Caspian Oil (2001), Eastern Europe Since 1970 (2005, 2006), Soviet Eastern Policy and Turkey, 1920-1991 (2006), Politics of Oil: A Survey (2007), and Muslims and Communists in Post-Transition States (with Ben Fowkes, 2011). He is the founder of globalfaultlines.com.

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsList of Tables, Graphs and MapsIntroduction1. Global Fault-lines2. Bretton Woods to the Abyss of Globalisation, 1944-19713. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [1], 1971-19914. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [2], 1991-20115. The Power-Shift to the Global East6. Resources Depletion and Environmental DegradationConclusionBibliographyIndex

'This absorbing book makes a remarkable contribution to the current version of this very important debate, while revisiting its previous versions ... stimulating reading'

Vassilis K. Fouskas is Professor of International Relations at Richmond University, London and the founding editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. He is the author of Cyprus (Pluto, 2009), The Fall of the US Empire (Pluto, 2012) and Zones of Conflict (Pluto, 2003).Bulent Gokay is Professor of International Relations and Head of the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Keele University. He is the author of The Politics of Caspian Oil (2001), Eastern Europe Since 1970 (2005, 2006), Soviet Eastern Policy and Turkey, 1920-1991 (2006), Politics of Oil: A Survey (2007), and Muslims and Communists in Post-Transition States (with Ben Fowkes, 2011). He is the founder of globalfaultlines.com.

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsList of Tables, Graphs and MapsIntroduction1. Global Fault-lines2. Bretton Woods to the Abyss of Globalisation, 1944-19713. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [1], 1971-19914. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [2], 1991-20115. The Power-Shift to the Global East6. Resources Depletion and Environmental DegradationConclusionBibliographyIndex

'This absorbing book makes a remarkable contribution to the current version of this very important debate, while revisiting its previous versions ... stimulating reading'