The second world
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THE SECOND WORLDEMPIRES AND INFLUENCE IN THE NEW GLOBAL
ORDER by Parag Khanna
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The Second World
• Khanna believes American dominance in the future is in question.
• The future of the superpowers depends on how they manage the second world.
• The future of the second world hinges on how it relates to the three superpowers
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The Second World• Military power means less
today than it did in the past.
• Because all great powers have nuclear weapons, economic power is more important than military power.
• The world is a new geopolitical marketplace wherein the European Union and China compete with the United States to shape the world order on their own terms.
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A Better measures of power is economic productivity, global market share, technological innovation, natural resource endowments, and population size.
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Geopolitics
• Is a theory within the International Relations and describes the relation between politics and territory.
• Comprises the art and practice of analyzing, proscribing, forecasting and using political power over a given territory
• Is a discipline that looks backward explicitly for the purpose of looking forward.