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Author Khanna, Parag, author.

Title The future is Asian : commerce, conflict, and culture in the 21st century / Parag Khanna.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
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 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  330.95 KHA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  330.95 KHANA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.95 KHANNA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  330.95 KHANNA    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description 433 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-401) and index.
Contents Introduction: Asia first -- A history of the world : an Asian view -- Lessons of Asia history--for Asia and the world -- The return of greater Asia -- Asia-nomics -- Asians in the Americas and Americans in Asia -- Why Europe loves Asia but not (yet) Asians -- The return of Afroeurasia -- The new Pacific partnership -- Asia's technocratic future -- Asia goes global : the fusion of civilizations -- Epilogue: Asia's global future.
Summary 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.
Subject Asia -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Asia -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Economic development -- Asia -- 21st century.
Economic forecasting -- Asia.
Asia -- Economic integration.
Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Comparative.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
Genre/Form Nonfiction.
ISBN 9781501196263 (hardcover)
150119626X (hardcover)
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