No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn

by Charles A. Kupchan

Book Overview

The world is on the cusp of a global turn. Between 1500 and 1800, the West sprinted ahead of other centers of power in Asia and the Middle East. Europe and the United States have dominated the world since. But today the West's preeminence is slipping away as China, India, Brazil and other emerging powers rise. Although most strategists recognize that the dominance of the West is on the wane, they are confident that its founding ideas--democracy, capitalism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199325227
• ISBN13: 9780199325221
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"