内容简介
AttheendoftheColdWar,wefoundourselveslivinginaworldwithonesuperpower,theUnitedStates.Now,atthestartofthetwenty-firstcentury,ParagKhannaarguespowerfullythatthemomentofAmericansupremacyisover,broughtaboutbytheincreasinginfluenceofwhathetermstheSecondWorld:EasternEurope,CentralAsia,SouthAmerica,theMiddleEastandEastAsia.TravellingfromAzerbaijantoVenezuela,China'shinterlandstoGaddafi'sLibya,ParagKhannaexploresthesecountriesandtheirglobalsignificance.Forasthethreesuperpowers-theUS,theEUandChina-competeforinfluenceintheSecondWorld,citizensofthesecountriescanalreadyfeelthetheseimperialforcesexertingtheirinfluenceandaffectingtheglobalbalanceofpower.Inaboldandprovocativestyle,"TheSecondWorld"makesclearwhat'satstake,forwhoeverdominatestheSecondWorldwillleadthetwenty-firstcentury-orbecomeapartoftheSecondWorlditself.
作者简介
ParagKhannatravelledthroughmorethanfiftycountriestoresearchTheSecondWorld.Alwaysinterestedinglobaltrends,hisgoalhasbeentointegratetrendsinpower,conflict,environment,cultureandstrategyintoasingleframework,andtoexplainhighlycomplexsocietiesontheirownterms-notonlyintermsoftheirinteractionswithorutilitytotheWest.PreviouslyaFellowattheBrookingsInsititutionandmanageroftheGlobalGovernanceInitiativeoftheWorldEconomicForum,heisnowaFellowoftheNewAmericaFoundationandiscompletinghisPh.D.inInternationalRelationsattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.