TY - BOOK AU - Mahbubani, Kishore TI - New Asian hemisphere: the irresistible shift of global power to the East SN - 978-1586484668 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Public Affairs KW - Foreign relations KW - Diplomatic relations KW - International relations N1 - Rs.695/-; Introduction -- The three scenarios -- Why Asia is rising now -- Why is the West not celebrating? -- De-westernization : the return of history -- Western incompetence, Asian competence? -- Prerequisites for global leadership : principles, partnerships, and pragmatism -- Notes -- Index N2 - For two centuries Asians have been bystanders in world history, reacting defenselessly to the surges of Western commerce, thought, and power. That era is over. Asia is returning to the center stage it occupied for eighteen centuries before the rise of the West. By 2050, three of the world's largest economies will be Asian: China, India, and Japan. In The New Asian Hemisphere, Kishore Mahbubani argues that Western minds need to step outside their "comfort zone" and prepare new mental maps to understand the rise of Asia. The West, he says, must gracefully share power with Asia ER -