Rivals
How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade

Former editor-in-chief of the Economist, Bill Emmott, explains how - in his view - the three major Asian states are engaging in power struggles that will shape the future of international relations, and not just in Asia. It focusses on China, India and Japan. Japan, being the aging but still powerful......more

Written in 2008, this is Emmott's evaluations of China, Japan and India and his predictions for their future. It was interesting to read this 8 years later especially in light of China's building of entire islands in the disputed sea, Japan's fear of nuclear power in the wake of Fukushima. His predi......more

An illuminating book regarding the cultural nuances between Japan, China, and India on which I was only mildly informed. I am a bit disappointed that the author chose to exclude Australia at the beginning of this book and the author didn't mention Russia in any meaningful way at all, despite the lan......more

Much of the history of the 21st century will focus on Asia and Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist, has written a primer for Westerners. In Rivals, he describes a continent with three big powers, China, India and Japan, that will be essential to the economy of the 21st century, and may well......more

Typical Economist style analysis by a former editor. Interesting collection of insights and information on a fascinating subject, but the analysis is a little light and written with the know it all confidence that The Economist is famous for. The final conclusions are interesting however and one cou......more