Key insights from
The Future Is Asian
By Parag Khanna
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9 minute read
Published Feb 5, 2019
What you'll learn
The nineteenth century belonged to Europe. The twentieth century belonged to the United States. The twenty-first century will belong to Asia.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 In terms of trade, population, and influence, Asia is a force to be reckoned with once again.
- 2 The Silk Road is coming back, and over 60 countries across Afro-Eurasia are on board with it.
- 3 We need to start seeing the world through Asian eyes, because Asianization is coming whether the West likes it or not.
- 4 Asia—not China—will shape the twenty-first century.
- 5 Asia’s ascendency is not unprecedented. It is a return to how things were for most of human history.
- 6 In Asia, there’s a growing cooperation of civilizations rather than a clash.