PARAG KHANNA

The Next Empire

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:38:27 +0000

by EDWARD BAKER What can the U.S. do to maintain its competitive position against the E.U. and China? Foreign policy scholar Parag Khanna believes the answer lies right under our noses.

Way Down Below

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:50:26 +0000

By Parag Khanna The noted economist Paul Collier has always had a way with words, making him part of the vanguard of development experts—Jeffrey Sachs and William Easterly among them—who have achieved a wide audience outside academic circles. With coinages such as “greed versus grievance” and “diamonds are a guerilla’s best friend,” Collier has made the complex challenges of civil conflict, war economies, and poverty traps, accessible to the layman and piqued interest in re-framing and re-engaging with major questions of the international political economy.

Here Comes the Second World

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:40:48 +0000

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Asia's Rise, America's Demise?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:12:53 +0000

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Imperien im Wettstreit

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:38:58 +0000

Imperien im Wettstreit VON HERFRIED MÜNKLER Der große britische Historiker und Geschichtsphilosoph Arnold Toynbee schrieb erst sein großes Werk über den Gang der Weltgeschichte und trat danach eine Weltreise an, in deren Verlauf er all jene Regionen in Augenschein nahm, deren Geschichte er be-schrieben und deren Zukunft er prognostiziert hatte. Der indischstämmige amerikanische Politikwissenschaftler und Strategieberater Parag Khanna hat die umgekehrte Reihenfolge vorgezogen: Er hat zunächst über mehrere Jahre die verschiedenen Weltgegenden bereist und anschließend darüber ein Buch geschrieben, das sich keineswegs nur als eine Bestandsaufnahme der gegenwärtigen Situation versteht, sondern auch einen Ausblick auf die politische Zukunft des Globus gibt.

Interview with Kojo Nnamdi

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:31:47 +0000

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CFR.org Debate on Shifting Power Dynamics

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:38:40 +0000

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Carnegie Council Lecture on The Second World

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:01:55 +0000

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America's Waning Influence in the 'Second World'

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:20:34 +0000

Parag Khanna believes that America's dominant moment is over. In his new book, The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, he argues that the 21st centruy will be dominated by three first-world superpowers: the United States, China and the European Union. He warns of global conflict as the superpowers compete for control of energy and natural resources in regions like Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Each of the superpowers has a different style and different goals, Khanna says, and the U.S. would do well to learn from its savvy competitors when it comes to dealing with nations teetering precariously on the boundaries between second- and third-world.

MTV World Interviews Parag Khanna

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:08:59 +0000

Part 1: The Second World

Interview with Steve Paikin

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:13 +0000

Part 1

Interview with SAJA Radio

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:12:20 +0000

Interview with Media Global

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:12:54 +0000

In an exclusive interview with MediaGlobal’s Nosh Nalavala, Parag Khanna, author of “The Second World,” explains the emergence of countries from least developed nation status, to what is now being termed as “the second world.”

Guess Who's Coming to Power

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:59:21 +0000

By RAY BONNER After the collapse of Communism, the “new world order” quickly disintegrated into the new world disorder, as pent-up nationalism erupted, most dramatically in the Balkans. The nationalistic volcano subsided, replaced by fears about the “clash of civilizations,” which meant the West against the rest, and primarily Islam. After 9/11, the “ism” of concern became “terrorism,” and our book shelves groan under the weight of policy prescriptions from public officials, academics, journalists and even former spies.

When worlds collide

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:53:50 +0000

By NIALL FERGUSON Shortly after his retirement as director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the historian Arnold Toynbee set off on a 17-month voyage around the world. His account of the journey was published as East to West. Fifty years later, at the beginning rather than the end of his career, Parag Khanna has followed in Toynbee's footsteps. The result might well have been entitled “West to East''. In Khanna's view, that is certainly the direction in which world history is travelling.