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The Future Is Asian

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by Parag Khanna


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  Illustration Credits

  viii Map by Jeff Blossom

  8 Graphic by Casey Kalman

  10 Source: World Bank; graphic by Casey Kalman

  13 Source: World Trade Organization; graphic by Casey Kalman

  149 Source: United Nations; graphic by Casey Kalman

  151 Source: OAG; map by Jeff Blossom

  155 Source: United Nations, Atlas of Eco
nomic Complexity; graphic by Casey Kalman

  177 Source: World Bank; map by Jeff Blossom

  191 Source: CIA World Factbook; graphic by Casey Kalman

  203 Source: World Bank; graphic by Casey Kalman

  303 Source: World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit; graphic by Casey Kalman

  Index

  A note about the index: The pages referenced in this index refer to the page numbers in the print edition. Clicking on a page number will take you to the ebook location that corresponds to the beginning of that page in the print edition. For a comprehensive list of locations of any word or phrase, use your reading system’s search function.

  Page numbers in italics refer to maps and charts.

  Aadhar universal ID card, 187

  Abbasid Caliphate, 36, 38, 69

  Abbott, Tony, 128

  Abe, Shinzo, 63, 132, 155

  Abu Dhabi, 100, 103

  art scene in, 342

  film industry and, 348

  Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, 102

  Achaemenid people, 30, 32

  ADNOC, 103

  Afghanistan, 9, 16, 47, 106–7, 116

  Asian trade of, 107

  China and, 116, 117

  India and, 118

  Soviet invasion of, 58, 59

  Taliban takeover of, 62

  US invasion of, 3, 62, 113

  Africa, 68, 261–68

  Asian investments in, 262–63, 264, 266

  Asian trade with, 261, 264–65

  China and, 261, 262, 263–65, 266

  Chinese debt of, 263–64

  Chinese immigrants in, 263

  corruption in, 267

  Dubai as offshore hub of, 261

  food imports of, 266

  India and, 264–66

  Indian migration to, 265

  Japan and, 265

  overpopulation in, 266

  Southeast Asia and, 264

  Soviets and, 261

  West and, 261

  see also specific countries

  African Development Bank, 266

  agriculture:

  East Asian spread of, 29

  West Asian origins of, 28

  Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 62

  Air Asia, 121–22

  AI research, in Asia, 98, 174, 199–200

  airline routes, in Asia, 156

  Akbar, Mughal emperor, 70–71

  Akkadian Empire, 29

  Aleppo, 28

  Alexander III, king of Macedon, 32, 68

  Alibaba, 85–86, 104, 134, 154, 167–68, 173, 184, 188–89, 193, 198, 199, 202, 210, 244, 318, 319, 321

  Al Jazeera International, 314, 331

  Al Qaeda, 62, 117

  alternative energy, 17, 19, 84, 97, 101, 109, 141, 175, 178–80, 182

  Asia and, 17, 112

  alternative energy programs, 17, 19, 84, 97, 109, 141, 175, 178–80, 182

  Amazon, 193, 198, 210, 348

  Amu Darya River, 67

  Anatolia (Asia Minor), 28, 29, 30, 33, 36, 38, 41, 92

  see also Turkey, Republic of

  Angkor Wat, 70, 239

  Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, 50

  Ankara, 49

  anticolonial movements, 74

  anti-Semitism, 97

  Apple, 198, 320

  Aqaba, 97, 99

  Arab Americans, 217, 218

  Arabian Peninsula, 36, 50

  Arabic script, 69

  Arab-Israeli conflict, 54, 57, 101

  Arab League, 54

  Arabs, Arab world, 11, 68, 72, 73, 76

  Asia and, 96

  Chinese investments in, 103

  in Europe, 253, 255

  global image of, 331

  in Latin America, 276

  US and, 100–101

  youth unemployment in, 204–5

  Arab uprisings (2011), 91, 255, 314

  Arab world, Asia and, 96

  Arafat, Yassir, 62

  Arctic, Asian gas exploration in, 249

  Argentina, 272

  Asian trade with, 272

  Aristotle, 37

  Armenia, 59

  Armstrong, Karen, 220

  artificial intelligence (AI), 98, 174, 199–200

  in governance, 318–19

  Art of War, The (Sun Tzu), 31

  arts, in Asia, 341–43

  ASEAN, see Association of Southeast Asian Nations

  ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (ACFTA), 154

  ASEAN Regional Forum, 9, 60, 127

  Ashdod, 99

  Ashoka, Mauryan emperor, 33, 35

  Asia:

  Americans in, 229–35

  ancient, 28–36, 239

  Asian cross-border investment in, 156

  branding of, 330–33

  as coherent regional system, 5, 6–7, 8–11, 8, 15, 120, 140, 151–58, 352

  in Cold War era, 51–58, 138

  cross-regional investments in, 113–20

  cultural and commercial exchange in, 29–30, 32, 33, 34–39, 68–72

  in era of European imperialism, 43–51, 73–75

  ethnic and cultural diversity of, 78, 330

  expansionist period in, 36–43

  GDP of, 2, 4

  geographic extent of, 1, 5–6

  geopolitical flashpoints in, 11

  historical self-knowledge as lacking in, 75

  IDI rankings of, 150

  internal ignorance about, 24, 352

  migration in, 46, 69, 74, 188, 333–37

  mixture of democracy and authoritarianism in, 309

  modern reawakening of, 58–63

  as multipolar, 15–16, 20, 75–76, 78, 137

  nomenclature of, 6, 9, 67–68

  population of, 1, 4, 5

  postcolonial affinities of, 330

  PPP of, 2, 9, 10

  precolonial connectivity of, 72–73

  preference for stability over democracy in, 309–13

  return of international students and workers to, 226–27

  third growth wave in, 147–51

  US military presence in, 137, 138

  see also specific countries and subregions

  Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, 266

  Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), 241

  Asia Minor, see Anatolia

  Asian Americans, 217–18, 225–26, 228–29

  academic achievements of, 219

  Asian domestic politics and, 222

  in athletics, 220

  in politics, 221

  real-estate industry and, 224

  in US economy, 218

  see also specific ethnicities

  Asian Development Bank (ADB), 9, 109, 110, 150, 199

  Asian Games, 330

  Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), 8, 9, 63, 94, 97, 109–10, 243, 323

  Asianization:

  of Asia, 9, 80–91, 106, 120, 127–31, 330, 333

  of global civilization, 21–24, 345–51

  “Asianization of Asia” (Funabashi), 8–9

  Asian Journal of Social Science, 352

  Asians:

  in Europe, 253–58

  in return to Asia, 226–27

  in US colleges and universities, 224–27

  Asia Times, 353

  Asia Week, 353

  Assad, Bashar al-, 87, 106, 142, 310

  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 54, 60, 63, 87, 102, 121, 125, 126, 141, 154, 156, 161, 208, 250, 264, 273, 277, 338

  Australia’s possible joining of, 129

  financial markets in, 167

  see also Southeast Asia

  Assyria, 29

  Astana, 111

  Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 49, 91

  Aung San, 49

  Aung San Suu Kyi, 63

  Australia:

  alternative energy programs in, 180, 182

  Asian immigrants in, 129–30

  Asianization of, 81, 127–31

  Asian trading partners of, 128–29

  China and, 127–31

  Chinese hegemony resist
ed by, 19–20

  exports of, 175

  tourism in, 129

  US and, 128

  Western ties to, 127, 128, 131

  Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), 131

  Australian Open, 131

  automation, 193–94

  automobile industry, 210–12, 227–28

  aviation industry, 211

  Azerbaijan, 59, 140

  infrastructure investment in, 191

  oil and gas exports of, 190–91

  Babur, Mughal emperor, 41

  Babylon, 28, 29

  Bactria, 30, 33, 35

  Baekje Kingdom, 34

  Baghdad, 37, 40

  Bahrain, 104

  Baidu, 167–68, 171, 188, 198, 199, 208, 226

  Baku, 191

  Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, 92

  Bamiyan, Buddha statues of, 68

  Bangalore, 245

  Bangladesh, 55, 118, 122, 185, 302, 334

  economic growth of, 187

  Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor, 119

  Bank of Japan, 132

  Batavia, 45

  Beatles, 331

  Beijing, art scene in, 342

  Bell, Daniel, 301

  Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), 1–2, 14, 18, 19, 63, 85, 105, 108, 109, 110, 113, 117, 126, 133, 138, 143, 147, 156, 212, 242, 243, 247, 262

  Bengal, 35, 36, 38, 46, 55

  see also Bangladesh

  Bengal, Bay of, 39

  Benioff, Marc, 331

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 313

  Bhutan, 46, 119, 182

  eco-tourism in, 340

  Bihar, 186

  billionaires, in Asia, 160

  Biruni, Al-, 37

  blockchain-based currencies, intra-Asian trade and, 157

  blockchain business models, 174

  Bollywood, 349–51

  Bolshevik Revolution, 49

  bonds, in Asia, 163, 164, 167

  Books Kinokuniya, 133

  border disputes, 113, 119, 120, 139

  in Kashmir, 53, 55, 61, 77–78, 117–18

  Boxer Rebellion, 47

  Brahmaputra River, 118, 182

  Brazil, 272, 350

  Asian economic ties to, 274, 276–77

  Asian immigrants in, 276

  Brexit, 127, 232, 247, 252, 283–84, 286, 293–94

  British East India Company, 46

  Bronze Age, 29

  Brown, Jerry, 178

  Buddha, 31

  Buddhists, Buddhism, 32, 37, 38, 40, 68, 69, 70–71, 182, 316, 332

  in Southeast Asia, 121

  spread of, 33–35

  Tibetan diaspora of, 120

  in US, 220

 

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