TY  - BOOK
AU  - Auslin,Michael R.
TI  - The end of the Asian century: war, stagnation, and the risks to the world's most dynamic region 
SN  - 9780300212228
AV  - 400 DS 35.2  A932e  2017
U1  - 950.42 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - National security
KW  - Asia
KW  - Security, International
KW  - Ecology
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Seguridad nacional
KW  - Seguridad internacional
KW  - Historia económica
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Condiciones económicas
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - East Asia
N1  - Covers China and east to Japan and Korea, and India and southeast, including Indonesia and Australia; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface : the Asia nobody sees -- Mapping risk in Asia -- The goldilocks dilemma -- Asia's Mesdames Defarges -- Why can't we all just get along? --- Hic sunt dracones : the clouds of war -- Managing risk in Asia
N2  - "Since Marco Polo, the West has waited for the "Asian Century." Today, the world believes that Century has arrived. Yet from China's slumping economy to war clouds over the South China Sea and from environmental devastation to demographic crisis, Asia's future is increasingly uncertain. Historian and geopolitical expert Michael Auslin argues that far from being a cohesive powerhouse, Asia is a fractured region threatened by stagnation and instability. Here, he provides a comprehensive account of the economic, military, political, and demographic risks that bedevil half of our world, arguing that Asia working with the United States, has a unique opportunity to avert catastrophe -- but only if it acts boldly"--
ER  -