Asia changing the world

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Asia continues to assert ist status as a major force in the global economy, as well as a formative influence on several key political, cultural and religious issues now affecting our daily lives. This collection of articles responds to the challenges posed by Asia's emergence and gives a lucid and thorough account of the most important developments in the world's largest continent and their consequences for Europe. The following prominent authors have contributed their unique perspectives to this volume: José Manuel Barroso, Michael von Brück, Delfín Colomé, Aurel Croissant, John Elkington, Carl Haub, Paul Kennedy, HansGeorg Knopp, Eduard Kögel, Pascal Lamy, Kazuo Ogoura, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Amartya Sen, Horst Siebert, Karan Singh, Jodie Thorpe and Werner Weidenfeld.