Restless Continent

Product Description

An essential road-map for a region in transition.

The world has never seen economic development of the speed and scale of 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.

Surprisingly little hard thinking has been done about the future of Asia, despite its clear centrality to the trajectory of the twenty-first century. All but three of the planet's current and nascent nuclear powers are Asian, and the growth in weapons spending across that continent outstrips that of any other region.

Restless Continent is the first book to examine the economic, social, political and strategic trends across the continent and present a road map for thinking about Asia's future - and the world's.

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, even war.

Restless Continent is an agenda-shaping book about the shape of international affairs in the twenty-first century.