The Triangle of Power

""A book on the state of the world that should be noted by anybody wanting to understand our present predicament."" -Wall Street Journal ""A brief but weighty treatise of much interest to geopolitics watchers."" --Kirkus Reviews ""It is rare for a foreign policy practitioner to write a profound work of scholarship, but Alexander Stubb has done just that. He identifies the central weakness in the international system today and has an ingenious plan to address it."" --Fareed Zakaria, CNN ""History hath returned, and with a vengeance. In The Triangle of Power, Alexander Stubb deftly argues what comes after the postwar liberal order will be determined by the struggle for power between the West, East, and South. Informed by his unique blend of academic analysis and political acumen, President Stubb makes a compelling case that the West can only secure a future guided by freedom, democracy, and cooperation if it manages to persuade the rest of the world of its merits. This book is a passionate call to action from a hardened practitioner who, despite being on the front lines of some of the 21st century's fiercest geopolitical battles, understands that the path toward a more stable global order runs through greater empathy rather than force."" --Ian Bremmer, political scientist, author, and president, Eurasia Group ""This is not than just another book on world politics--it is the quintessential guide to the new world disorder from the ultimate scholar-statesman. In The Triangle of Power, Stubb delivers an unflinching analysis of the seismic geopolitical shifts reshaping today's global order. Stubb takes readers inside the corridors of power, drawing from firsthand encounters with world leaders like Putin, Trump and Xi. Bursting with gripping anecdotes and razor-sharp insights, this is the must-read playbook for navigating the chaos ahead."" --Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations ""Alexander Stubb is a rare, perhaps unique, figure who manages to combine the role of head of state and public intellectual. As president of Finland, he has become an important voice speaking out for Europe and describing the challenges ahead. In his new book he describes the emerging new world order with insight and authority."" --Gideon Rachman, Associate Editor and Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times ""Alexander Stubb provides a thoughtful and challenging account of the seismic changes underway in the global order. These changes make a compelling case for an inclusive multilateralism founded on the principles of the United Nations Charter and underpinned by faithful adherence by all countries to international law. At a time when the world is confronting the existential threat of climate change, growing inequality, conflict and instability, human happiness and progress depends more than ever on cooperation between nations and peoples. As this book makes plain, we need a world order in which the rights and interests of the vulnerable can no longer be trampled beneath the ambitions of the powerful."" --Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa ""If I was asked to choose any leader in Europe to lead a discussion of the state of the world, I would choose Alex Stubb. He has the breadth of experience, the intellectual reach and the clarity of thought to analyze for all of us what is really going on. His thoughts on a world moving from order to disorder could not be more timely or relevant as old certainties fall away. And his reminder that we have agency--that we can do something about the disordered world before it disintegrates--is vital advice that should help stir us all into action. This is a book th