NAIM MOISES

(P/B) ILLICIT
Any newspaper anywhere in the world, any day, carries news about illegal migrants, drug busts, smuggled weapons, laundered money or counterfeit goods. These newly globalised struggles pit governments against agile, well-financed networks of highly dedicated individuals. Religious zeal or political goals drive terrorists, but profit is no less a motivator for murder and mayhem. And the stakes are rising. Who supplies pirated movies, CDs, or the knock-off Rolex sold for $20? Why is marijuana ever easier to find in schools and universities? W...
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(H/B) THE END OF POWER
We know that power is shifting: From West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble startups and, slowly but surely, from men to women. But power is not merely shifting and dispersing. It is also decaying. Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before. In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moises Naim illuminates the struggle between once-dominant me...
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