DesiPundit

Samanth reviews Kishore Mahbubani’s “The New Asian Hemisphere”.   He does not agree with the author on many issues,  though he speaks highly of the author’s experience and policy acumen.  But the book does appear to be a very interesting read, especially if you are interested in geopolitics.

But he is disconcertingly confident of his extrapolations and his models of the future. For China and India to vault to the status of America and Europe, for example, is no sure feat. Both countries will first have to raise an unprecedented number of people out of poverty and then into the bracket of the middle class, but Mr. Mahbubani does not examine how these twin growth stories will overcome that sheer pressure of their populations.