The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan Summary
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Frankopan's "New Silk Roads" reveals how China's Belt and Road Initiative is reshaping global power dynamics. Essential reading for international business leaders, it offers a counterintuitive perspective on why the future of geopolitics lies not in Western capitals, but along ancient trade routes reborn.
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The New Silk Roads: Where Global Power Is Truly Shifting
Imagine a world where the most consequential decisions affecting your life aren't made in Washington, London, or Paris-but in Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and Delhi. This isn't science fiction; it's our present reality. While Western media remains fixated on familiar capitals, the economic and political center of gravity has been steadily moving eastward along the ancient trade routes once known as the Silk Roads. The evidence surrounds us: Chinese investors buying Premier League football clubs, Gulf states constructing world-class museums, and Eastern billionaires acquiring Western luxury brands and iconic properties. This massive power shift isn't just changing geopolitics-it's transforming everything from where your smartphone is designed to which countries dictate global environmental policies.
The East Rises While the West Worries
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