The Future Is Asian: Commerce, Conflict, and Culture in the 21st Century

Author:   Parag Khanna
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
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9781501196263


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   05 February 2019
Format:   Hardback
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The Future Is Asian: Commerce, Conflict, and Culture in the 21st Century


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In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized. Now, in the 21st century, the world is being Asianized. The Asian Century is even bigger than you think. Far greater than just China, the new Asian system taking shape is a multi-civilizational order spanning Saudi Arabia to Japan, Russia to Australia, Turkey to Indonesia--linking five billion people through trade, finance, infrastructure, and diplomatic networks that together represent 40 percent of global GDP. China has taken a lead in building the new Silk Roads across Asia, but it will not lead it alone. Rather, Asia is rapidly returning to the centuries-old patterns of commerce, conflict, and cultural exchange that thrived long before European colonialism and American dominance. Asians will determine their own future--and as they collectively assert their interests around the world, they will determine ours as well. There is no more important region of the world for us to better understand than Asia - and thus we cannot afford to keep getting Asia so wrong. Asia's complexity has led to common misdiagnoses: Western thinking on Asia conflates the entire region with China, predicts imminent World War III around every corner, and regularly forecasts debt-driven collapse for the region's major economies. But in reality, the region is experiencing a confident new wave of growth led by younger societies from India to the Philippines, nationalist leaders have put aside territorial disputes in favor of integration, and today's infrastructure investments are the platform for the next generation of digital innovation. If the nineteenth century featured the Europeanization of the world, and the twentieth century its Americanization, then the twenty-first century is the time of Asianization. From investment portfolios and trade wars to Hollywood movies and university admissions, no aspect of life is immune from Asianization. With America's tech sector dependent on Asian talent and politicians praising Asia's glittering cities and efficient governments, Asia is permanently in our nation's consciousness. We know this will be the Asian century. Now we finally have an accurate picture of what it will look like.

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Author:   Parag Khanna
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781501196263


ISBN 10:   150119626
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   05 February 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A foreign policy whiz kid. --The New York Times Book Review Parag Khanna has vision. --Nicholas Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan We need to pay attention to Parag Khanna's ideas. --Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google


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Parag Khanna is the founder and managing partner of FutureMap, a global strategic advisory firm that specializes in data-driven scenarios and visualizations. He is the internationally bestselling author of seven books including The Second World, Connectography, and The Future Is Asian. Parag was named one of Esquire's 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century and featured in WIRED's Smart List. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and both a bachelor's and master's degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has traveled to more than 150 countries.

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