| Edition |
2009 Random House Trade paperback ed. |
| Description |
xxvii, 466 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-376) and index. |
| Note |
Originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form in the U.S. by Random House in 2008.--t.p. verso. |
| Contents |
pt. I: The West's East. Brussels : the new Rome ; The Russian devolution ; Ukraine : from border to bridge ; The Balkans : eastern questions ; Turkey : marching east and west ; The Caucasian corridor ; Conclusion : stretching Europe -- pt. II: Affairs of the heartland. The Silk Road and the Great Game ; The Russia that was ; Tibet and Xinjiang : the new bamboo curtain ; Kazakhstan : "happiness is multiple pipelines" ; Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan : sovereign of everything, master of nothing ; Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan : men behaving badly ; Afghanistan and Pakistan : taming south-central Asia ; Conclusion: A change of heart -- pt. III: The end of the Monroe Doctrine. The new rules of the game ; Mexico : the umbilical cord ; Venezuela : Bolívar's revenge ; Colombia : the Andean Balkans? ; Brazil : the southern pole ; Argentina and Chile : very fraternal twins ; Conclusion : beyond Monroe -- pt. IV: In search of the "Middle East." The shattered belt ; The Maghreb : Europe's southern shore ; Egypt : between bureaucrats and theocrats ; The Mashreq : road maps ; The former Iraq : buffer, black hole, and broken boundary ; Iran : virtues and vices ; Gulf streams ; Conclusion: Arabian sand dunes -- pt. V: Asia for Asians. From outside in to inside out ; China's first-world seduction ; Malaysia and Indonesia : the greater Chinese co-prosperity sphere ; Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam : the inner triangle ; Size matters : the four Chinas -- Conclusion: The search for equilibrium in a non-American world. |
| Subject |
World politics -- 21st century.
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Communist countries.
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Former communist countries.
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Geopolitics.
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Globalization.
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Balance of power.
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Balance of power. (OCoLC)fst00825684
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Geopolitics. (OCoLC)fst00941045
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Globalization. (OCoLC)fst00943532
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World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
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Communist countries. (OCoLC)fst01240119
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Former communist countries. (OCoLC)fst01298680
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Geopolitik.
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Gleichgewichtspolitik.
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Weltpolitik.
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Schwellenländer.
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| Chronological Term |
2000 - 2099
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| ISBN |
9780812979848 |
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0812979842 |
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