Christopher Patten is a well-known British politician, the last Governor of Hongkong (1992−1997), one of the greatest experts in international affairs. In this book he acts as a brilliantly informed, profound wide-range analyst of urgent and critical worldview aspects in the beginning of 21st century.
Terrorism and distribution of mass destruction weapons; extinction of traditional economic growth models; symptoms of climatic collapse and barbaric exploitation of natural resources; acute problems of healthcare and drug trafficking, etc. The tone of narration in general induces anxiety, but this effect, doubtlessly, is caused by convincing argumentation based on the author’s broad personal experience and rich factologic material.