Restless Continent: Wealth, Rivalry and Asia's New Geopolitics
May 2016 · ABRAMS
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An essential road map to modern Asia's dynamic transition on the world stage from the foreign policy expert and author of There Goes the Neighbourhood.
The world has never seen economic development as rapid or significant as Asia's during recent decades. Home to three-fifths of the global population, 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. Yet, surprisingly little has been written 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, providing the necessary framework for thinking about the future of Asia—and the world.
A professor of international affairs at Australian National University, Michael Wesley looks at the psychology of Asian countries becoming newly rich and powerful. He explores the geography and politics of conflict, and offers persuasive ideas about how to avert dispute, or even war.
Written for general readers and policy specialists alike, Restless Continent is an agenda-shaping book about international affairs in the twenty-first century.
The world has never seen economic development as rapid or significant as Asia's during recent decades. Home to three-fifths of the global population, 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. Yet, surprisingly little has been written 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, providing the necessary framework for thinking about the future of Asia—and the world.
A professor of international affairs at Australian National University, Michael Wesley looks at the psychology of Asian countries becoming newly rich and powerful. He explores the geography and politics of conflict, and offers persuasive ideas about how to avert dispute, or even war.
Written for general readers and policy specialists alike, Restless Continent is an agenda-shaping book about international affairs in the twenty-first century.
An essential road map to modern Asia's dynamic transition on the world stage from the foreign policy expert and author of There Goes the Neighbourhood.
The world has never seen economic development as rapid or significant as Asia's during recent decades. Home to three-fifths of the global popul...
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Michael Wesley is one of the world's leading experts on Asian and international affairs. His work has been featured 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 has served as a senior intelligence official and head of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, and is currently Professor of International Affairs and Director of Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University.
Michael Wesley is one of the world's leading experts on Asian and international affairs. His work has been featured 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...
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