The great convergence : Asia, the West, and the logic of one world / Kishore Mahbubani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahbubani, Kishore, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Foreign relations.

Asia.

International relations.

Asia--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Globalization.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

East and West.

Physical Description:

315 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2013]

Summary:

"Before the current international economic crisis, Asian policymakers deferred to their Western counterparts. The enormous blunders since committed by the US and Europe mean deference has been replaced by disquiet. Asia's concern is that the world will soon come to grief if both the US and Europe fail to make fundamental readjustments. An America and EU that takes serious economic measures will cause the rest of the world pain, as Western consumption and imports diminish. But there is no painless solution: only when the West gets its house in order can Asia hope for a more sustainable future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A new global civilization

A theory of one world

Global irrationality

Seven global contradictions

Will geopolitics derail convergence?

A barrier to convergence

Converging on global convergence

Conclusion : because everything that rises must converge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781610390330

1610390334

OCLC:

778420902