The West's domination of world politics is coming to a close. The flow of wealth and power is turning from West to East and a new era of global instability has begun.
Gideon Rachman is the chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. In 2016 he won the Orwell Prize for Journalism and was named Commentator of the Year at the European Press Prize awards. Previously he worked for The Economist for fifteen years, serving as a foreign correspondent in Washington, Bangkok and Brussels.
A masterly account ... the best survey of global affairs I have
read for some time … Rachman’s book offers a first-rate primer to
the world in which we live.
*Sunday Times*
In his timely new book, Easternisation, Gideon Rachman articulates
a clear and persuasive idea… [His] flair for rich anecdotes, clever
writing, strong analysis and original insight are impressive…
Easternisation hits its mark, with a wide range of arguments and
prognostications that scholars and policymakers must contemplate as
we consider the coming Asian century.
*Financial Times*
Rachman’s theme takes him on a most interesting and stimulating
tour du monde. His discussion of the impact of China’s rise on
south-east Asia, contrary to the great majority of accounts, is
subtle and nuanced… A most informative, readable and interesting
piece of work that deserves a wide readership.
*Guardian*
A brilliant and engrossing account of the emerging power struggles
of the twenty-first century. Gideon Rachman is one of the few
journalists with a truly global perspective. His access to world
leaders from Beijing to Washington provides a unique perspective on
international politics.
*Andrew Roberts*
A superb account… An absorbing and sobering study.
*Daily Telegraph*
We are witness in this very decade to one of the greatest
geopolitical shifts in the global power balances … This tale has
many chroniclers and numerous exponents, but by far the most
insightful, sensible, and compelling is EASTERNISATION. This really
is one of those works where you can say you wished our political
leaders would read and ponder upon its great implications.
*Paul Kennedy*
[[Easternisation is] elegantly written and hugely informed… [A]
cogent and wise book.
*Literary Review*
The West is in decline, the East is on the rise. Like too few
others, Gideon Rachman grasps this fundamental and over-arching
reality of our time, without which we cannot understand either the
present or the future ... A highly readable and perceptive account
of this irresistible truth.
*Martin Jacques, author of WHEN CHINA RULES THE WORLD*
[An] accomplished book.
*Prospect*
What this book is really about, and is very good at describing, is
the growing impact of China on its neighbours, on the world
*The Economist*
Rachman offers a road map to the turbulent process that will define
the international politics of the 21st century.
*Asian Art Newspaper, Book of the Year*
[Rachman’s] fine primer provides a first-rate road map to the new
reality.
*Sunday Times*
[It is] required reading for interesting times.
*UK Press Syndication*
[Rachman] is surely accurate in his assessment that the wind is
blowing in China's favour and the era of America's post-Second
World War dominance is coming to an end. The soft power of popular
culture and the arts, which goes hand in hand with money and
military might, could, if Rachman's analysis proves correct, usher
in a wholesale realignment not just of the world, but also of how
we think about the world.
*ArtReview*
Rachman...has an eye for the telling statistic and for the
memorable detail that makes it stick. He packs an enormous amount
of information into a short book and opens windows of understanding
for nonexperts
*New York Review of Books*
This sobering account of what may prove the most dramatic
geo-political shift in history is essential reading for anyone
interested in the future.
*Mail on Sunday*
It is Gideon Rachman’s contention that after a generation of false
alarms, the Asian century is finally at hand. His calm, lucid and
authoritative book makes it clear that it will be as unpredictable,
tense and potentially as bloody as any that preceded it.
*The Times*
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