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Conundrums of Humanity poses eleven questions, ranging from “Can we diminish War?” to “How far and fast can we push forward the frontiers of Human Rights?” to “Will China dominate the century?”. The answers to these questions, the author believes, growing out of his long experience as a foreign correspondent and columnist for the International Herald Tribune, are largely positive ones, despite the hurdles yet to be overcome. They all depend for fruition, partly on building on the important work already accomplished, partly on creating a more benign and positive atmosphere in the world order and partly on demonstrating how the world can be even better in the future and thus giving the world’s peoples a sense of forward momentum.

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'His is a powerful and comprehensive statement of ways to make the world better. He is unreasonably good, as demonstrated by his personal commitment to the developing world, the fortunes of the poor, the defense of human rights, and his devotion to the society's progress. Is that worth the Nobel Prize? I say, why not?' William Pfaff, Prospect, 2007 , 137 . An account, in epic sweep, of humanity and its messy, uncertain trajectory....It is an ambitious and complex book....His text combines scientific attention to detail with impressionistic sensitivity to the wealth and nuances of human experience....The text is, in scholastic terms, rare. It brings together analytical rigour and human breadth of experience....an easy but exacting style....Power is justified in undertaking this ambitious task through his bringing to bear a unique integrity. Stephen Riley, Human Rights Law Review

'His is a powerful and comprehensive statement of ways to make the world better. He is unreasonably good, as demonstrated by his personal commitment to the developing world, the fortunes of the poor, the defense of human rights, and his devotion to the society's progress. Is that worth the Nobel Prize? I say, why not?' William Pfaff, Prospect, 2007 , 137 .

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Jonathan Power did his bachelor’s degree at Manchester University and master’s at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After university, he worked in Tanzania as a volunteer in the ministry of agriculture and later worked on the staff of Martin Luther King during the Chicago civil rights campaign. He has been a foreign affairs commentator for The International Herald Tribune for over twenty years. He has also contributed regular columns to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe and the Times of London. He wrote for Encounter and now is a contributing editor and regular writer for Prospect magazine. In 1972 he won the Silver Medal at the Venice film festival for the documentary, It’s Ours Whatever They Say. He has published six previous books and is working on his first novel. His interviews with world leaders have been widely published and he is an itinerant traveller and lecturer. He is an associate of the TFF, The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research.

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