The Global Great Game

Grand explanations of how to understand the complex twenty-first century world have all fallen short-until now. In The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, Parag Khanna shows how America's dominant moment has quickly been replaced by a geopolitical marketplace where the European Union and China compete with the U.S. to shape world order on their own terms.The primary battlefield is the Second World, regions lying between the three leading empires and the third world: Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and East Asia.

Second World countries could rise into the first world or fall into the third-their future is precarious and uncertain, but their resources are the critical assets for the three expanding superpowers. Whoever dominates the second world will lead the 21st century and Khanna argues that America itself runs the risk of descending into the second world if it does not renew itself and redefine its role in the world.

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[sisqolille]

After all that talk about Europe not needing political cohesion to be considered a superpower, the speaker must be feeling really stupid now. We saw how the lack of political cohesion has shattered the Euro zone with an unnecessary monetary & debt crisis that was avoidable. Let's not even talk about their inertia when the Muslim spring started in Tunisia & Egypt. And finally in Lybia, they are proving that the lack of a European defense makes them nothing more than a United State vassal

[TheJUNGLESURFER]

crazy world

[deceiver123m]

COALITION = CONQUEST

CONSULTATIVE = BRIBES, FREE GUNS & MONEY

CONSENSUS = CONSENT(PROPAGANDA)

[briskgate]

Well the strategists should be appreciated only if they are planning for the betterment of humanity rather than how to steal a nation's wealth and assets.

This whole presentation says itself that such attempts are not doing any good to the humanity as whole rather its a clash of titans who are extremely ruthless and there is no value of human life in their eyes.

I believe every single human should strive for the betterment of humanity as the Devil works for his own offspring.

[Boo5552]

New world order is going to fail just as the devil has failed to become God.

[RajahBrooke]

He will be one of the great thinkers in International Relations in the coming years. A truly unique view, and well researched. I think his views have yet to mature, and he sometimes oversimplifies matters for the same of elegant prose.

[TheSharpenedPen]

You know what, go soak your head, and when you come up for air, let's hope that some of it reaches your brain. Oooh colonization! I'm more focused on what's happening in the world today than what happened centuries ago, and yet is used to justify global marxism in the world now. All peoples and races, given the chance, will take advantage of opposing groups. What happened in Zimbabwe to the white farmers - oh that's right we turned our backs on that blood bath didn't we? Hypocrites.

[feifeishuangyu]

You are talking about Chinese government. I wonder what "colonization" means in your language. The prosperity of US,UK... is funded on the slaughters and exploitation of other countries or regions, eg Africa... Why were wars? Do people want to kill others to enrich their own power?? I'm still looking for the answer. Can human being be so intelligent yet so unmerciful?

[mattingly17]

every country does and has done the same thing in one form or another. all world powers are the same, there is no escape from this fact (America just lies about it bigger and better than any other). the only livable place that remains free of this type of shit is on the moon. otherwise, we are all pawns in the same deceitful game.

that is the truth, those who don't agree are ignorant to it or are knowing hypocrites!!

[TacticusPrime]

consultative means they hold firm to the perhaps outdated sovereignty principles dating back to the Treaty of Westphalia. As amoral civic and political rights violators, they obviously can not criticize other countries on their violations of the democratic ideal.