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Restless continent:wealth, rivalry and Asia's new geopolitics/ Michael Wesley.
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8997 | 8997 330.95 WES |
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008 | 170705t2015 nyub b 001 0 eng d |
020 | $a9781468312980 (hbk. |
082 | 04$a330.95 WES$223 |
100 | 1 $aWESLEY, Michael$d1968 |
245 | 10$aRestless continent$bwealth, rivalry and Asia's new geopolitics$cMichael Wesley. |
264 | 1$aNew York$bOverlook Duckworth$c2015 |
300 | $axvi, 208 pages$c23.4 cm |
504 | $aIncludes index. |
505 | 0 $aPeace dividends -- Significant others -- Compulsive ambition -- Restless souls -- Fateful terrains -- Asia and the world. |
520 | $aThe world has never seen economic development as rapid or significant as Asia's during recent decades. Home to three-fifths of humanity, this restless continent will soon produce more than half of the world's economic output and consume more energy than the rest of the world combined. All but three of the planet's current and nascent nuclear powers are Asian, and it has the greatest growth in weapons spending of any other region. |
648 | 7$a2000-2099 |
650 | 7$aDiplomatic relations. |
650 | 7$aEconomic history. |
650 | 7$aPolitics and government. |
650 | $aGeopolitics$zAsia. |
651 | 0$aAsia$xForeign relations$y21st century. |
651 | 0$aAsia$xEconomic conditions$y21st century. |
651 | 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government$y21st century. |
651 | 0$aAsia$xSocial conditions$y21st century. |