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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
informative
fast-paced
Decent book, giving a brief overview of the current situation of countries throughout the traditional silk roads, however a fairly shallow overview without much in depth insight.
Book also contain many spelling and grammatical errors, with the feeling it was almost rushed out to capitalise on the success of the first book.
Book also contain many spelling and grammatical errors, with the feeling it was almost rushed out to capitalise on the success of the first book.
eye-opening and makes you understand the status quo, while giving hope that change is constant and nothing is permanent
This book was supposedly about the reemergence of the silk road trading network in the heart of the world. Instead, it turned into a bash-fest of the west. If Washington and London are really as unimportant as Professor Frankopan states, why does he spend so long talking about them?
An eye-opening essay on what scenarios await the world in the coming decades. A fascinating read for all those who are interested in geopolitics.
If anything, the book reinforces the view that Asia and Middle East are increasingly dictating the rules of the game when it comes to international affairs and transactions.
If anything, the book reinforces the view that Asia and Middle East are increasingly dictating the rules of the game when it comes to international affairs and transactions.
Interesting analysis of the 'One belt, one road' initiative and how it's playing out across the world, combined with the continued missteps and confused alternatives offered by the West
ei olnud minu raamat. tegelt tahtsingi lugeda seda eelmist siiditeede raamatut, aga raamatukogus oli uus enne saadaval ja mõtlesin, et loen siis loo lõpu enne ära. aga ma osaliselt juba teadsin seda lõppu, sest ma olen viimastel aastatel ajalehti lugenud küll; ja üldse oligi selline liiga pika ajaleheartikli moodi lugemine. ühtteist uut õppisin muidugi ikka ja geograafiateadmisi värskendasin hoolega (selgub, et Djibouti on kogu aeg olemas olnud näiteks, seda ei ole üldse pärast minu kuuenda klassi geograafiatunde leiutatud). aga paras saepuruplaat oli ta ikka, õnneks õhuke, nii et napilt närisin läbi.
Littered with typos and poorly edited, I can only assume there was a rush to get this out in time to get it in the hardback displays for Christmas. It requires revision for the paperback edition because this is a shoddy and irritating oversight from an eminent scholar.
It is also littered with statistics and only ever reaches the level of a quasi analysis of the current state of play in international relations. For much of the book, I found myself saying “yes that’s right” - which always worries me. I’m no expert on international relations or foreign affairs, but I knew 80% of the content already, and the chapters meander unhelpfully so the book as an entity is more a selection of barely complimentary tapas dishes than a balanced meal, and I sense that isn’t what the author intended.
It lacks argument and clear structure, the facts, insights and snippets of speeches are interesting - particularly in relation to the Trump Administration’s approach to foreign policy and its contrast to China’s (to the US’s detriment). Ultimately, it feels half-baked and in need of another six months’ refinement and reflection.
If this was a book that led us up to, say, 2016, with some brief musings on the Trumpocalypse at the end, it would have been the better for limiting itself. If one is to take us right to the present day, it should have an insight more valuable than China = strategic; US = chaotic and isolationist. No shit.
It is also littered with statistics and only ever reaches the level of a quasi analysis of the current state of play in international relations. For much of the book, I found myself saying “yes that’s right” - which always worries me. I’m no expert on international relations or foreign affairs, but I knew 80% of the content already, and the chapters meander unhelpfully so the book as an entity is more a selection of barely complimentary tapas dishes than a balanced meal, and I sense that isn’t what the author intended.
It lacks argument and clear structure, the facts, insights and snippets of speeches are interesting - particularly in relation to the Trump Administration’s approach to foreign policy and its contrast to China’s (to the US’s detriment). Ultimately, it feels half-baked and in need of another six months’ refinement and reflection.
If this was a book that led us up to, say, 2016, with some brief musings on the Trumpocalypse at the end, it would have been the better for limiting itself. If one is to take us right to the present day, it should have an insight more valuable than China = strategic; US = chaotic and isolationist. No shit.
informative
medium-paced
Needs an update
Written in 2018 pre pandemic. Very interesting about shifts in geopolitical power and influence but so much has changed with Covid pandemic elsewhere there must be changes in the new silk roads too.
Very interesting but probably out of date now.
Written in 2018 pre pandemic. Very interesting about shifts in geopolitical power and influence but so much has changed with Covid pandemic elsewhere there must be changes in the new silk roads too.
Very interesting but probably out of date now.
A saccharine and unthinking regurgitation of CCP talking points and an embarrassing excuse for a book. Time has not been kind to this tome, particularly in the high regard with which it holds Russia and China. A perfect encapsulation of the laziness in thinking, naïveté and failure of imagination exercised by many of our elites during the mid 2010s. Only pick up if you want to hear endlessly repeated Xi platitudes such as “win win cooperation”, otherwise, avoid like the plague.