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walinchus's review against another edition
3.0
Not terribly well written. He tends to wander a bit. But a really fascinating subject and he’s right that Americans and Europeans take a lot of things for granted.
sanitakacuba's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book! I would recommend it as a MUST READ along Homo Sapiens for everyone who are interested on what the human kind is moving toward. Asianisation have been a mega trend few years now and it is kind of strange that Western society still is not taking it seriously.
There is extensive amount of information and probably not structured the most efficient way to help you to keep in mind it all but, on the other hand, you do not need to have any preliminary knowledge to get the point - the author provides a valuable context to illustrate his argument.
Just be careful not to abandon the critical thinking as few points seemed a mild stretch to me at best.
There is extensive amount of information and probably not structured the most efficient way to help you to keep in mind it all but, on the other hand, you do not need to have any preliminary knowledge to get the point - the author provides a valuable context to illustrate his argument.
Just be careful not to abandon the critical thinking as few points seemed a mild stretch to me at best.
mmazelli's review against another edition
4.0
The Future is Asian is a celebration of the downfall of Western Liberal order as much as it is an account of Asia’s ascent. At times, it reads like a utopia. Khanna treats Asia like a monolith and takes for granted all that might go wrong e.g. wars,
economic downturns or catastrophic climate events. The author’s animus for the US aside, it’s informative and thought provoking, especially if you fancy a technocratic, authoritarian future.
economic downturns or catastrophic climate events. The author’s animus for the US aside, it’s informative and thought provoking, especially if you fancy a technocratic, authoritarian future.
charlottaliukas's review against another edition
Essays in history, regional and global trade, cultural influence, and political systems analysing how Asia became the global center of gravity. The book advances at a breakneck speed and covers vast amounts of data, name-dropping and events, which for me was overwhelming at times. For me, the most interesting parts of the book relate to governance systems and pinning “failed liberal democracy vs pragmatic techno-authoritarianism” against each other - in the former, the current wave of US populist democracy is given most attention and in the latter, the Singapore model - neither of which is really representative of the breadth of governance models in the West / in Asia.
The book was published in H1/2019, and reading it now, on the onset of, amongst other things, Hong Kong’s security law, pandemic and border war induced growing anti-China sentiment in India and the general global chaos & badly handled pandemic crisis management, I would’ve loved to read a post script. I get that the book’s focus was to focus on Asian power and influence, but I would have wanted more analysis of how e.g minority rights issues and crippling corruption affect the Asian future, if and how these deep seated inequalities will manifest in the new world order.
The book was published in H1/2019, and reading it now, on the onset of, amongst other things, Hong Kong’s security law, pandemic and border war induced growing anti-China sentiment in India and the general global chaos & badly handled pandemic crisis management, I would’ve loved to read a post script. I get that the book’s focus was to focus on Asian power and influence, but I would have wanted more analysis of how e.g minority rights issues and crippling corruption affect the Asian future, if and how these deep seated inequalities will manifest in the new world order.
remidez's review against another edition
3.0
Large portions of this book are plagiarized from inspired by the 2015 book: The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40921633-the-new-silk-roads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40921633-the-new-silk-roads
lukescalone's review against another edition
3.0
As interesting as this is, it isn't the most novel work published about Asia in the last few years. Khanna finds that "Asian societies" (defined from Turkey in West Asia to Japan in the East) are best defined by economic liberalism, social conservatism, and technocratic governance. Khanna spends some time here looking at Asian history, politics, economics, and Asia's relationship with other parts of the world. The most interesting thing to me was Khanna's discussion of technocracy in Singapore--that was some good stuff. The rest of the text, on the other hand, felt thoroughly familiar and a bit too positive in the cases of Modi, Erdogan, etc.
wngwendy's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
Very interesting constructive view on the future or Asia
queenvalaska's review against another edition
3.0
I am not sure if I should be terrified or excited. But this book has given me something to think about and explore more deeply.