Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (712 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B015VABIRC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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His recommended sites and tools for mapping are the most comprehensive that I’ve ever seen. Khanna argues, it is essential to invest in infrastructure. It is a world still fraught with perils—old and new—but one ever more likely to nurture peace and sustain progress.”—Professor John Arquilla, United States Naval Postgraduate School“Today’s world has multiple geographies that do not fit the old geopolitics of states. But Parag Khanna, a global strategist, says that this map is, essentially, obsolete. It is an intellectual tour de force that sparkles with original insights, stimulating assertions, little-known
The holder of a PhD from the London School of Economics, he is a CNN contributor and a senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.Paul Boehmer is a seasoned actor who has appeared on Broadway, film, and television, including The Thomas Crown Affair and All My Children. Parag Khanna, a global strategist and world traveler, is the bestselling author of How to Run the World and The Second World.
Robert David STEELE Vivas said 6-Star Utterly Brilliant Survey and Strategy. The author of this book has done something no one else has done – I say this as the reviewer of over "6-Star Utterly Brilliant Survey and Strategy" according to Robert David STEELE Vivas. The author of this book has done something no one else has done – I say this as the reviewer of over 2,000 non-fiction books at Amazon across 98 categories. For the first time, in one book, we have a very clear map of what is happening where in the way of economic and social development; a startlingly diplomatic but no less crushing indictment of nation-state and militaries; and . ,000 non-fiction books at Amazon across 98 categories. For the first time, in one book, we have a very clear map of what is happening where in the way of economic and social development; a startlingly diplomatic but no less crushing indictment of nation-state and militaries; and . A lot of anecdotes and stories, but not very deep Michael T. Parag Khanna’s Connectography follows the rise of global supply chains and argues economic links between cities are supplanting national and subnational borders as the most relevant way to organize the global economy. He traces supply chains’ impact on development, culture, and ideas. The premise is persuasive, but Khanna is the Tom Friedman of our generation, writing with . Connectivity, Devolution, and Aggregation? Many of us who came of age in the late 20th Century see the world reaching a pivot point. The old 20th Century world of nation-states organized in camps of “Free World, Socialist, and Third World Non-aligned” now seems a quaint and archaic relic of a bygone era.But what will replace it? It the 1990’s and early 2000’s the vision of a globalized world based on fre
Connectivity, not geography, is our destiny. From the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by global supply chains, a world in which the most connected powers—and people—will win.Connectivity is the most revolutionary force of the twenty-first century. He has succeeded in demonstrating that the forces of globalization are winning.”—Adrian Woolridge, The Wall Street J