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The Global Commons: An Introduction

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This is a very informative and up-to-date book which makes me read right to the end, without stopping. Each chapter prompts me to read the next one. It deals very in depth about the current geopolitical issues affecting our world today - the air, the sea, the space and technology. It also gives a good case study about Antartica. very few geopolitical books that I have read has made such a deep analysis on such immediate issues. Not too intimidating for the reader who has little geopolitical know-how because of its explanation of current concepts and definitions (in the first chapter) as well as a glossary of key terms used.

Susan Buck's book is a good overview of the conecptal framework associated with the growing awarness of The Global Commons. While the book covers a lot of subject matter setting forth international regime formation and the framework for analysis lightly, it does give a well-informed overview of the commons relating to space, the atmosphere, the oceans, and Antarica. This book would make a great political science text read in undergraduate colleges and universities. In fact, relevance is quite timely. I trust that this book is being read by students throughout the United States today. It certainly should be.