Parag Khanna Discusses 'The Second World'
World Affairs Council: Nor Cal - World Affairs Council of Northern California
How Emerging Markets Are Reshaping the Global Balance of Power with Parag Khanna.How are the forces behind globalization dividing countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and East Asia along political, economic, and cultural lines? As "second world" nations struggle to rise into the first world and avoid falling into the third, how will resources in countries like Azerbaijan, Colombia, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam impact the fate of China, Europe, and the United States?To help us understand the shifting balance of power at this intersection of geopolitics and globalization, Parag Khanna joins the Council to discuss his new book, The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, and how the European Union and China now compete with the U.S. to shape world order - World Affairs Council of Northern California
