01700nam a2200253Ia 4500 0000023502 20251012174647.0 9781610390330 (hardcover) 9781610390347 (e-book) 327.50182 KIS 2013 The great convergence Asia, the West, and the logic of one world Kishore Mahbubani. First edition. vii, 315 pages 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index. A new global civilization -- A theory of one world -- Global irrationality -- Seven global contradictions -- Will geopolitics derail convergence? -- A barrier to convergence -- Converging on global convergence -- Conclusion : because everything that r ises must converge. "Before the current international economic crisis, Asian policymakers deferred to their Western counterparts. The enormous blunders since committed by the US and Europe mean deference has been replaced by disquiet. Asia's concern is that the world wil l soon come to grief if both the US and Europe fail to make fundamental readjustments. An America and EU that takes serious economic measures will cause the rest of the world pain, as Western consumption and imports diminish. But there is no painless solution: only when the West gets its house in order can Asia hope for a more sustainable future"--Provided by publisher. East and West. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Globalization. International economic relations. International relations. Asia Foreign economic relations. Asia Foreign relations. 8295 8295 0 0 0 0 KEM KEM 2013-10-08 0 0000009722 2025-10-12 08:36:17 2025-10-12 OS