The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall by Ian Bremmer

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The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall by Ian BremmerISBN: 9780743274722 Simon & Schuster, October 2007 336 pages, Paperback Locate nations on the J Curve left for authoritarian, right for democratic. Then figure out how to force those on the left to open their societies, rather than encouraging them to shut them tighter by further isolating them. The West's isolation of Kim Jong il's North Korea gives him the cover he needs to extend his brutal regime (the mistake the U. S. made for a long time with

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