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Volume 21, Issue 7
1 August 2001
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Rationality in an irrational world: a scenario Available to Purchase

Abbas J. Ali;
Abbas J. Ali
Professor and Director, School of International Management, Eberly College of Business and Information Technology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, USA
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Manton C. Gibbs
Manton C. Gibbs
Professor of Management, Eberly College of Business and Information Technology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6720
Print ISSN: 0144-333X
© MCB UP Limited
2001
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2001) 21 (7): 1–8.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330110789367

Focuses on the nature of world affairs and its impact on international business. Proposes three scenarios, China asserting its regional role, the India‐Pakistan war over Kashmir and peace in the Middle East. Cites that any of these scenarios constitute a real threat to world stability. Ascertains that irrationality is a persistent state of world affairs and is not yet the legacy of yesterday’s world.

Keywords:
International trade, War, Conflict, China, Pakistan, Middle East
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