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Below are comments from various world leaders and scholars about Amitai Etzionis new book, FROM EMPIRE TO COMMUNITY: A NEW APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

LUIS ERNESTO DERBEZ, SECRETARY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS FOR MEXICO
"The establishment of a global order of coexistence is the XXI Century's great call. ˜From Empire to Community: A New Approach to International Relations" gives testimony of the current construction process of a new form of collective identity and solidarity in search for peace, security, prosperity and the well-being of the community of nations, in accordance with the axes of legitimacy of the right to be different, equality, mutual respect, tolerance and pluralism. In this exciting book, Amitai Etzioni invites the reader to break the lethargy associated with routine and to take an active role in the economic, political, social and cultural transformations of our time."

JAN PETER BALKENENDE, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS
"Amitai Etzioni has constructed a coherent communitarian vision of international relations. ˜From Empire to Community" is a pioneering work of vital importance to the formation of a new way of international thinking, relevant to policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic. Safeguarding global goods such as security, human rights and environmental protection is becoming increasingly vital in this era of globalization. Amitai Etzioni's new book offers us an inspiring example of the out-of-the-box thinking that is needed to confront these challenges. Etzioni brings new diplomatic challenges into focus and launches a crucial debate about the sort of world we are leaving to future generations and how we can best manage problems and grasp opportunities, in ways that are deemed legitimate by both American and European societies."

JOSEPH S. NYE, AUTHOR OF “SOFT POWER: THE MEANS TO SUCCESS IN WORLD POLITICS
"In ˜From Empire to Community," Amitai Etzioni applies his communitarian approach to international affairs and foreign policy, attacking liberals to his left and neo-conservatives to his right. He offers a provocative and thoughtful alternative to the triumphalism that has dominated recent discussions about the future of American foreign policy.

KHALED ABOU EL FADL, PROFESSOR, UCLA LAW SCHOOL
"This book is a true jewel...to be read and examined again and again. This is a must read!"

G. JOHN IKENBERRY, POLITICAL AND LEGAL BOOK REVIEWER, “FOREIGN AFFAIRS�
"In this sweeping vision of an emerging world community, Etzioni, a distinguished sociologist and leading communitarian thinker, lays out a world order that charts a path between power-oriented realism and law-oriented liberalism. It is a vision in which U.S. power is closely tied to a wider global community infused with shared values and bolstered by legitimate institutions of governance."

MARTIN WALKER, EDITOR OF ENGLISH OPERATIONS, "UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL"
"Amitai Etzioni is one of the most valuable of public intellectuals because he is constantly engaged in the real world of politics...The relationship of this emerging system with the United Nations is tricky. Etzioni sees the [U.N.]...as ˜a legitimator, a major source of soft power...(But) we should not overlook the fact that the U.N., without the hard power of the U.S. and others is often ineffectual. By itself, the U.N. is not even the beginning of a world government. However, in conjunction with the powers that be, it can be. There is much evidence to suggest that an increased measure of global governance is not only badly needed, but also slowly evolving." This is a genuinely interesting and original idea....."

LEE H. HAMILTON, VICE CHAIR OF THE 9-11 COMMISSION
"From Empire to Community" is a sweeping and thought-provoking blueprint that gets at many of the key issues of our time. Etzioni's communitarian approach adds a fresh dimension to the dialogue on international relations."

PER STIG MqLLER, DANISH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
"For anyone concerned about the new global challenges and the current implacable trends in international politics and for those preoccupied with how we can bring about the needed fundamental progress, Etzioni's book is a refreshing contribution of daring thoughts, wisdom, and common sense. By contrasting and blending familiar and well-known institutions with new or exotic concepts, ideas and notions, Etzioni offers new and useful insights. Here, reality is round - not square, and its constituent elements complementary rather than conflicting. It is Thomas Paine conversing with Confucius that comes to one's mind. But the book is vibrantly topical. It underlines the need of the legitimating United Nations also to seek hard power to enforce its resolutions. As an echo of Kant's ˜Perpetual Peace," Etzioni leads us to the ˜good society" based on both the Western legal tradition and social duties deriving from moral suasion. Etzioni is a bridge-builder by the grace of God."

RABBI PROFESSOR JONATHAN SACKS, CHIEF RABBI OF THE UNITED HEBREW CONGREGATIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
"In recent years, Amitai Etzioni has been the most powerful and persuasive voice for the human values that can only be cultivated in community. In this new and compelling analysis, he extends his work to the international arena. Few books have spoken more eloquently to the heart of our shared humanity, and in an age of global tension, few have been more necessary. Essential reading for all those concerned with our ever more fragile social ecology."

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI, FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER
"A thoughtful and timely examination of some of the fundamental issues that modern society confronts."

ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER, DEAN, WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
"In this timely and provocative book, Professor Etzioni offers a rich compendium of insights and ideas. His vision of a potential East-West synthesis is particularly compelling. Better still, he is not afraid to tackle the very real challenge of creating genuine institutions to govern a potential global polity. A valuable read for anyone interested in the future of global governance."

ADAM KIRSCH, BOOK CRITIC, "THE NEW YORK SUN"
"Mr. Etzioni' s book raises more questions than it answers, but those questions are important and provocative. In our dangerous and discouraging world, speculating about the future of global government is itself an optimistic act - and possibly, as Mr. Etzioni argues, a justified one."

LEON FUERTH, FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE
"Professor Etzioni's new book ˜From Empire to Community" delivers on its promise of ˜A new approach to international relations." There is a wonderful quality to his thinking, such that the visionary and the pragmatic, the very long range and the issues of the moment are all represented, all related, and often (though not always) reconciled in a new synthesis. It is especial ly refreshing to find that when Professor Etzioni finds that reality will not mesh with theory, facts are acknowledged rather than swept under the rug. This book is not about dogma: it is about the hopeful possibility that an evolving and expanding sense of common need among peoples and nations can with luck and vision, bring about a knitting together of a form of global governance that would permit humankind to address its most urgent issues more effectively: with less sovereign authority for national states as we have known them, but greater freedom, combined with enhanced responsibility for people as individuals and as communities. Professor Etzioni’s easy style of writing - clear, elegant but never pretentious - makes the book a pleasure to read: not just an intellectual obligation."

Amitai Etzioni is also the author of MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: A Memoir and a Message. For discounted copies, please email comnet@gwu.edu or visit our website at www.communitariannetwork.org. You can also go to Amitai Etzioni's blog for current communitarian musings at www.amitai-notes.com/blog/ .

See here books by Eva Etzioni:

National Broadcasting Under Siege: A Comparative Study of Australia, Britain, Israel, and West Germany by Eva Etzioni-Halevy (Hardcover - Dec 1987)

Fragile Democracy: The Use and Abuse of Power in Western Societies by Eva Etzioni-Halevy (Hardcover - 1989)

Bureaucracy and Democracy: A Political Dilemma by Eva Etzioni-Halevy (Hardcover - Jan 1983)