Parag Khanna

At the end of the Cold War, we found ourselves living in a world with one superpower, the United States. Now, at the start of the twenty-first century, Parag Khanna argues powerfully that the moment of American supremacy is over, brought about by the increasing influence of what he terms the Second World: Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South America, the Middle East and East Asia. Travelling from Azerbaijan to Venezuela, China's hinterlands to Gaddafi's Libya, Parag Khanna explores these countries and their global significance. For as the three superpowers - the US, the EU and China - compete for influence in the Second World, citizens of these countries can already feel the these imperial forces exerting their influence and affecting the global balance of power.

Parag KhannaAt the end of the Cold War, we found ourselves living in a world with one superpower, the United States. Now, at the start of the twenty-first century, Parag Khanna argues powerfully that the moment of American supremacy is over, brought about by the increasing influence of what he terms the Second World: Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South America, the Middle East and East Asia. Travelling from Azerbaijan to Venezuela, China's hinterlands to Gaddafi's Libya, Parag Khanna explores these countries and their global significance. For as the three superpowers - the US, the EU and China - compete for influence in the Second World, citizens of these countries can already feel these imperial forces exerting their influence and affecting the global balance of power. In a bold and provocative style, The Second World makes clear what's at stake, for whoever dominates the Second World will lead the twenty-first century - or become a part of the Second World itself.

Where will you live in 2030? Where will your children settle in 2040? What will the map of humanity look like in 2050?In the 60,000 years since people began colonising the continents, a recurring feature of human civilisation has been mobility - the constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global events - wars and genocides, revolutions and pandemics - have only accelerated the process. The map of humanity isn't settled, not now, not ever.As climate change tips toward full-blown crisis, economies collapse, governments destabilise and technology disrupts, we're entering a new age of mass migrations - one that will scatter both the dispossessed and the well-off. Which areas will people abandon and where will they resettle? Which countries will accept or reject them? As today's world population, which includes four billion restless youth, votes with their feet, what map of human geography will emerge?

Del gran estratega y analista político Parag Khanna nos llega Conectografía, un análisis profundo y revelador sobre los nuevos retos de un mundo interconectado donde el poder ya no será de los estados, sino de quienes esten conectados mas alla de las fronteras.EnConectografia, Parag Khanna nos guia hacia una red emergente de civilizacion global en la cual las macro ciudades compiten mas por su conectividad que por sus fronteras. Su investigacion nos lleva de una punta a la otra del mundo para mostrarnos que en los conflictos del siglo XXI se disputan tuberias, cables de internet, tecnologias avanzadas y acceso al mercado.

Comparable en alcance y audacia a El choque de civilizaciones, de Samuel P. Huntington, El segundo mundo, de Parag Khanna, será el texto de referencia de la política mundial durante los próximos años. En El segundo mundo, el joven y brillante especialista Parag Khanna embarca a los lectores en un viaje emocionante, en el que nos muestra cómo la situación de dominio estadounidense se ha visto reemplazada, repentinamente, por un mercado geopolítico en el que la Unión Europea y China compiten con Estados Unidos para configurar el nuevo orden mundial en sus propios términos. El segundo mundo será la guía definitiva de la política mundial durante los próximos años.