Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Post-Globalization: Complexity in the Governance of a Networked Global Society -- 2 Opening the Doors of Complexity -- 3 Economic Incentives and the Replication of Social Complexity -- 4 Coevolution versus Liberal Internationalism -- 5 Promises and...

This paper points out that virtually all growth in the global labor force in the coming decades will occur in countries that rank poorly in governance criteria. These countries are likely to face extremely large youth cohorts, but lack the ability to provide the education and attract the...

Do the complex dynamics of international relations resemble the longterm evolution observed in living systems? This chapter will try to identify the mechanisms associated with those dynamics, and to determine if the science of complex adaptive systems can aid in the understanding of...