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100	1		_aAuslin, Michael R., _d1967- _913371
245	1	4	_aThe end of the Asian century : _bwar, stagnation, and the risks to the world's most dynamic region _cMichael R. Auslin
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _cc2017.
300			_axviii, 279 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_aCovers China and east to Japan and Korea, and India and southeast, including Indonesia and Australia.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPreface : 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.
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aNational security _vAsia _915389
650		0	_aSecurity, International. _913373
650		7	_aEcology _913374
650		7	_aEconomic history _9928
650		7	_aNational security _912350
650		7	_aPolitics and government _92386
650		7	_aSecurity, International _913373
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