Restless Continent - Couverture souple

Wesley, Michael

 
9780715650875: Restless Continent
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0715650874 ISBN 13 : 9780715650875
Editeur : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

The world has never seen economic development as rapid or significant as Asia's during recent decades. Home to three-fifths of humanity, this restless continent will soon produce more than half of the world's economic output and consume more energy than the rest of the world combined. All but three of the planet's current and nascent nuclear powers are Asian, and it has the greatest growth in weapons spending of any other region. Surprisingly little hard thinking has been done about the future of Asia. Restless Continent is the first book to examine the economic, social, political and strategic trends across the world's largest continent and present a road-map for thinking about Asia's future-and the world. It looks at the psychology of countries becoming newly rich and powerful. It explores the 'corridors of blood'-the geography and politics of conflict. And it makes a case about how to avert a plunge into dispute, or even war. Written for general reader and policy specialist alike, Restless Continent is an agenda-shaping book about the shape of international affairs in the twenty-first century.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The world has never seen economic development as rapid or significant as Asia's during recent decades. Home to three-fifths of humanity, this restless continent will soon produce more than half of the world's economic output and consume more energy than the rest of the world combined. All but three of the planet's current and nascent nuclear powers are Asian, and it has the greatest growth in weapons spending of any other region. Surprisingly little hard thinking has been done about the future of Asia. Restless Continent is the first book to examine the economic, social, political and strategic trends across the world's largest continent and present a road-map for thinking about Asia's future-and the world. It looks at the psychology of countries becoming newly rich and powerful. It explores the 'corridors of blood'-the geography and politics of conflict. And it makes a case about how to avert a plunge into dispute, or even war. Written for general reader and policy specialist alike, Restless Continent is an agenda-shaping book about the shape of international affairs in the twenty-first century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Wesley is one of the world's leading experts on Asian and international affairs. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Economist. His previous book, There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the Rise of Asia, won the 2011 John Button Prize. He is a former head of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, and currently Professor and Director of International, Political and Strategic Studies at the Australian National University.

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Éditeur
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0715650874
ISBN 13 
9780715650875
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
https://www.buchpark.de

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1468312987 ISBN 13 :  9781468312980
Editeur : Overlook Pr, 2016
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