[Infowarrior] - more on - OT: The Rise of The Rest

[Richard Forno]

(c/o Dano)

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> <http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/04/the_new_foreign/>
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> The Washington Note weblog has an article about Kishore Mahbubani,  
> with references to his book and his article in the magazine Foreign  
> Policy. His proposals are similar to Zakaria's though are more  
> detailed and go further in detailing the rise and increasing  
> importance of countries that only twenty years ago were thought of  
> as "third world". I saw him speak at RAND several weeks ago. (He's  
> on book tour.) It was fantastic and worth the hour of my time. New  
> America usually tapes their presentations and makes them available.  
> You might check it out.
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/New-Asian-Hemisphere-Irresistible-Global/dp/1586484664 
> >
>
> Book Description
> For centuries, the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims, and others)  
> have been bystanders in world history. Now they are ready to become  
> co-drivers.
>
> Asians have finally understood, absorbed, and implemented Western  
> best practices in many areas: from free-market economics to modern  
> science and technology, from meritocracy to rule of law. They have  
> also become innovative in their own way, creating new patterns of  
> cooperation not seen in the West.
>
> Will the West resist the rise of Asia? The good news is that Asia  
> wants to replicate, not dominate, the West. For a happy outcome to  
> emerge, the West must gracefully give up its domination of global  
> institutions, from the IMF to the World Bank, from the G7 to the UN  
> Security Council.
>
> History teaches that tensions and conflicts are more likely when new  
> powers emerge. This, too, may happen. But they can be avoided if the  
> world accepts the key principles for a new global partnership  
> spelled out in The New Asian Hemisphere.