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A Stronger America.(International Edition)(Joshua Cooper Ramo's new book 'The Age of the Unthinkable')(Interview)(Brief article)
In his new book, the age of the unthinkable, Joshua Cooper Ramo argues that in an increasingly complex world, the U.S. needs to manage great risks in a more systemic way and become more resilient in its response to big problems. He spoke with NEWSWEEK'S Michael Freedman. Excerpts:
You recommend a federal department of resilience.
We need a grand strategy that looks like an immune system. A department of Resilience would allow us to focus on things that we need to be more resilient, including simple things like making sure Americans are aware of what's going on in the world, that people are paying attention to their health, that they're consuming energy in a sensible way.
How would this work in practice, say, for ...
- Managing an Unpredictable New Age.(International Edition)(Joshua Cooper Ramo's...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Freedman, Michael May 25, 2009 700+ words
...to you that every day brings with it yet another potentially earth-shattering event, you're not alone. In Joshua Cooper Ramo's new book, The Age of the Unthinkable, he argues that technological and economic shifts have created a world...
- Atlantic Technology. (TWICE People).(Joshua Cooper joins the firm as creative...
- Magazine article from: TWICE February 10, 2003 700+ words
Joshua Cooper, ex-creative director for Russound, joins Atlantic Technology with the same title ...
- An Image Emergency; The gap between how China sees itself and others see it is...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Ramo, Joshua Cooper September 25, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Joshua Cooper Ramo In the late spring of 2004, several dozen Chinese and international scholars gathered in Boao, a resort town on Hainan Island...
- Finding Poetry On Your Plate.(Society and the Arts; POINT OF VIEW)(Cover story)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Ramo, Joshua Cooper February 11, 2008 700+ words
Byline: Joshua Cooper Ramo; Ramo is managing director of Kissinger Associates. Spend a night in Tokyo and you'll enjoy a celebration of Japan's obsession...
- The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New Global Order Constantly Surprises Us...
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly February 9, 2009 700+ words
* The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New Global Order Constantly Surprises Us and What to Do About It Joshua Cooper Ramo. Little, Brown, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0416-11808-8 Former foreign editor of Time, Ramo pushes the...
- Taking delight in deception: former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan...
- Magazine article from: The New American Jasper, William F. October 29, 2007 700+ words
...One of the most shameless examples along those lines was the Time magazine cover story of February 15, 1999 by Joshua Cooper Ramo. Along with the ostentatious headline, "The Committee to Save the World," the cover featured the beaming visages...
- The Age of the Unthinkable.(Books)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Burek, Josh May 7, 2009 700+ words
...financial crisis seem only to hasten recession. These are the tragic paradoxes that mark our modern world, writes Joshua Cooper Ramo in The Age of the Unthinkable. The chief problem is that foreign-policy elites don't see the world as it really...
- Wings of the wind; Flying.(four books about airplane flight)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) June 7, 2003 700+ words
...of peace, bringing estranged cultures in contact with one another". Today's aerobatic pilots, the heroes of Joshua Cooper Ramo's book, have no such vision. They seek to thrill, not to inspire, their public. The author has himself caught...
Source: HighBeam Research, A Stronger America.(International Edition)(Joshua Cooper Ramo's new...