George Lambie – författare

Politics in Cuba have long been analysed as a 'socialist experiment', from the perspective of internal dynamics or international relations, but what if the revolutionary process is part of a counter-current against neoliberal globalisation? Rather than presenting Cuba as a socialist survivor, whose performance must be measured against the standards set by the 'international community', George Lambie judges Cuban socialism on the goals that the revolution sets for itself. He shows that despite Cuba's isolation in the 'New World Order', and the enormous pressures it has faced to 'conform', its faith in an alternative socialist project has continued and grown. After the 2008 financial crash, we have seen neoliberalism's fallibility first-hand, conversely Cuba's promotion of socialist values has a renewed relevance. Lambie argues that Cuba is again becoming a symbol, and practical example, of socialism in action.

This volume discusses the rise of Multipolarity as a response to the post-Communist presumed victory of Unipolarity through the lenses of geo-politics, international relations and international political economy. When Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the ‘End of History’ at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Communist bloc in the late twentieth century, it was assumed that the West had won not just the Cold War but also consolidated more than half a millennium of hegemonic supremacy over the international order. Globalisation, the most recent and presumed last phase of this trajectory, was expected to become embedded in a transnationally integrated and Unipolar ‘New World Order’ based on Western values and principles. Supported by several decades of policy and academic experience, the authors argue that transnational  globalisation in a Unipolar framework is no longer unchallenged and now faces the rise of ‘Multipolarity’ as an increasing number of nations, led by Russia and China, reject the global paradigm. This book gives an objective and informed account of the rise of Multipolarity and its consequences. It proceeds to suggest ways in which the ‘West’ can engage the new Multipolar realities to its best advantage.