A scholar and consultant in science and engineering and in banking and finance, Chorafas ponders the present and future of the European Union and by extension of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. They share pretty much the same membership, he says, along with some problems, mismanagement being among the most deeply rooted. He looks at the Union's cocktail of business and
politics, its conflicting aims and inadequate business practices, and its economic nationalism. The final section considers the decline of the Atlantic alliance. Among specific topics are
France as a case study of declinism矇 in the Union, perils of the Union's enlargement, case studies on economic nationalism, and energy supplies and new alliances. He discusses the 2010 Greek
financial drama in an epilogue. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
