The new Asian hemisphere : the irresistible shift of global power to the East / Kishore Mahbubani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahbubani, Kishore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Asia--Foreign relations.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2008.

Summary:

For two centuries Asians have been bystanders in world history, reacting defenselessly to the surges of Western commerce, thought, and power. That era is over. Asia is returning to the center stage it occupied for eighteen centuries before the rise of the West. By 2050, three of the world's largest economies will be Asian: China, India, and Japan. In The New Asian Hemisphere, Kishore Mahbubani argues that Western minds need to step outside their "comfort zone" and prepare new mental maps to understand the rise of Asia. The West, he says, must gracefully share power with Asia by giving up its automatic domination of global institutions from the IMF to the World Bank, from the G7 to the UN Security Council. Only then will the new Asian powers reciprocate by becoming responsible stakeholders in a stable world order.

Contents:

Introduction

The three scenarios

Why Asia is rising now

Why is the West not celebrating?

De-westernization : the return of history

Western incompetence, Asian competence?

Prerequisites for global leadership : principles, partnerships, and pragmatism

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-293) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46188-5

9786612461880

1-58648-628-4

0-7867-4663-7

OCLC:

647794715