Parag Khanna: The Second World - Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

Hardcover: 466 pages
Publisher: Allen Lane 2008

"The world's most compelling ideology is neither democracy nor capitalism nor any other ism, but success." p. xxiv

Parag Khanna's travels around the world have given him a chance to witness the effects of globalization. The new global order that is taking shape will be decided upon the rise of the second world. Echoing Fareed Zakaria, Khanna claims that the "rise of the rest" will eventually switch our focus from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

According to Khanna, the peacefulness of the search for the equilibrium in a non-American world will depend on the mutual understanding of China, the EU and the US. 

"China feels it upholds the burden of maintaining the tenets of international law such as sovereignty and noninterference, while Europe's approach to world order transcends the interstate system altogether." p. 335 

Second Opinion: William Grimes /The New York Times

¶ 10/20/2008 12:51:00 ip.