Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization

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Global future shaped by connectivity, not borders.

If you're intrigued by the way globalization and connectivity are reshaping the geopolitical landscape, "Connectography" might well be your kind of read. Parag Khanna unpacks a complex subject with authority and engaging storytelling, painting a convincing picture of a world where infrastructure bonds are mightier than territorial claims. It's an optimistic, forward-thinking take that chimes especially with those interested in how economics, technology, and policy converge to define our global society.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization

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ISBN: 9780812988550
Authors: Parag Khanna
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2016-04-19
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Politics, History, Science, Business, Sociology, Economics
Goodreads rating: 3.82
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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. Mankind is reengineering the planet, investing up to ten trillion dollars per year in transportation, energy, and communications infrastructure linking the world’s burgeoning megacities together. This has profound consequences for geopolitics, economics, demographics, the environment, and social identity. Connectivity, not geography, is our destiny. In Connectography, visionary strategist Parag Khanna travels from Ukraine to Iran, Mongolia to North Korea, Pakistan to Nigeria, and across the Arctic Circle and the South China Sea to explain the rapid and unprecedented changes affecting every part of the planet. He shows how militaries are deployed to protect supply chains as much as borders, and how nations are less at war over territory than engaged in tugs-of-war over pipelines, railways, shipping lanes, and Internet cables. The new arms race is to connect to the most markets—a race China is now winning, having launched a wave of infrastructure investments to unite Eurasia around its new Silk Roads. The United States can only regain ground by fusing with its neighbors into a super-continental North American Union of shared resources and prosperity. Connectography offers a unique
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If you're intrigued by the way globalization and connectivity are reshaping the geopolitical landscape, "Connectography" might well be your kind of read. Parag Khanna unpacks a complex subject with authority and engaging storytelling, painting a convincing picture of a world where infrastructure bonds are mightier than territorial claims. It's an optimistic, forward-thinking take that chimes especially with those interested in how economics, technology, and policy converge to define our global society.

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