1st Edition
The Rise and Decline of the Asian Century False Starts on the Path to the Global Millennium
1. Introduction: Getting Lost Along the ‘Asian Way’? 2. Making Sense of the ‘Asian Century’. 3. Imaging the ‘Asian Century’. 4. Economic Realities and Asian Illusions. 5. The China Challenge: Control, Corruption, Crowding, Costs, Cold War II, and Crime. 6. Burdens of the ‘Asian Model’: Economic Costs and Political Consequences. 7. Geo-Politics and the ‘Asian Century’: Political Hazards and Strategic Uncertainty. 8. Burdens of Nature: The Environment and Sustaining Growth in East Asia. 9. The End of the ‘American Century’: Is There Decline in the West? 10. Summary: Economics and Politics in the Global Millennium.
Biography
Christopher Lingle
