02281cam a2200337 i 4500 413249458 TxGeo 20200131120000.0 181207s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780525566700 trade pbk. 0525566708 trade pbk. TxGeo rda Frankopan, Peter. The new silk roads : the present and future of the world / Peter Frankopan. First American edition. New York, NY : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020. xxi, 308 pages : map ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "A revelatory vision of the world today, as it is seen by the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Now they lead to Beijing." So argues Peter Frankopan in this timely and visionary new book about the present and future of a world that is changing dramatically before our very eyes. In this age of Brexit and Trump, the West is buffeted by the tides of isolation and fragmentation. Yet to the East, this is a moment of optimism as a new network of relationships takes shape along the routes of the ancient trade routes. In The New Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan takes us on an eye-opening journey through the region, from China's breathtaking infrastructure investments to the flood of trade deals among Central Asian republics to the growing rapprochement between Turkey and Russia. This important book asks us to put aside our preconceptions and see the world from a new -- and ultimately hopeful -- perspective"-- Provided by publisher. 20200207. Asian cooperation. East and West. Asia Foreign economic relations. Asia Economic integration. Asia Economic conditions 21st century. QS5