The Second World

A savvy, streetwise primer on dozens of individual countries that adds up to a coherent theory of global politics."Robert D. Kaplan, author of Eastward to Tartary and Warrior Politics A panoramic overview that boldly addresses the dilemmas of the world that our next president will confront. "Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor "Parag Khanna's fascinating book takes us on an epic journey around the multipolar world, elegantly combining historical analysis, political theory, and eye-witness reports to shed light on the battle for primacy between the world's new empires." "Mark Leonard, Executive Director, European Council on Foreign Relations "Khanna, a widely recognized expert on global politics, offers an study of the 21st century's emerging "geopolitical marketplace" dominated by three "first world" superpowers, the U.S., Europe and China... The final pages of his book warn eloquently of the risks of imperial overstretch combined with declining economic dominance and deteriorating quality of life. By themselves th...