Parag Khanna looks at the global winners and losers in the coming years

Lee Park Kong
   There are many globalist books out there giving an economic and cultural tour of countries and a brief modern history of their system. Parag Khanna is a global strategist and when I find out what that is I will get back to you. He looks looks at the rise of China and the European Union has new rivals to the American global system in a book called "The Second World" and this book is about the role of emerging markets and nations in how these big three empire will remain in a position of global influence. Khanna looks at all these second world countries and their brief history up to the current global order and suggests the path they may take for improvement and thriving in the modern age. This guy seems like a typical globalist seeing first hand the many recent changes many of these countries have overtaken and seen investment from the three economic global powers. many of these countries have done successful jos of playing these empires against each other for the gradual improvement of their own country that is reminiscent of tactics used by Native Americans in North America. I again make this analogy because of much of the same global process for change and trade these countries face is the same situation that we have seen before on different levels in colonialism. Khanna also explains vividly how globalization can also not only mean just corporations rising and discovering new markets as conservative political Islam has lead to a dramatic increase of modern radical Islam and the self-identification of many women with headscarves from Albania to Zanzibar. Cultural transformation through borders of many issues vie for new souls to add to strength and unity of ideas. The spread of a consumer loving luxury lifestyle can be seen in the huge big modern skyscrapers and massive sprawl malls that are popping up all over the world as a imitation of Americas first palaces of clothing cultural worship to mark ones importance and distinction as a winner of this system by affording flashy clothes,watches, and gadgets while most of the world worries about ringworm in their drinking buckets. Khanna's book looks at the wild debt-ridden ride of Chinas new investment in Africa in a desperate attempt to keep energy supplies available to meet the demands of this increased lifestyle around the world for many of the world affluent.

This book explores a variety of interesting topics that global travelers and people without borders must think about often such as Dubai's rise of a magnet for world migrant workers to Chinas greater co-prosperity sphere with the rest of Asia. Unless you are heavily in the world trade game though you likely wouldn't give as much shit for these things that evidently Parag Khanna has trouble sleeping over at night.