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The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World

by Kishore Mahbubani
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The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World
The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World

One world, an outdated power balance

Kishore Mahbubani examines Western dominance in global institutions. He argues that this imbalance is neither just nor sustainable. A timely critique of national self-interest in an interdependent world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World

by Kishore Mahbubani
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ISBN: 9781610394079
Author: Kishore Mahbubani
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Format: paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics, Economics
Related Topics: History, Government, Political Science, Politics, World History, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.58
(rated by 373 readers)

Description

Mahbubani shows that in global institutions after global institutions power is skewed in favor of the West, and argues that it is no longer just or sustainable. Moreover, he sees the main risks to the globe in the twenty-first century in the unresolved contradictions between the need for a one-world view and the ever more local and locally shrill politics of national self-interest. There are grounds for disunity, incomprehension and even disaster.
 

One world, an outdated power balance

Kishore Mahbubani examines Western dominance in global institutions. He argues that this imbalance is neither just nor sustainable. A timely critique of national self-interest in an interdependent world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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