The New Silk Roads Book by Peter Frankopan

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The-New-Silk-Roads:-The-Present-and-Future-of-the-World-Book-by-Peter-Frankopan-The-New-Silk-Roads-Book-by-Peter-Frankopan-‘All-roads-used-to-lead-to-Rome.-Today,-they-lead-to-Beijing.’When-The-Silk-Roads-was-published-in-2015,-it-became-an-instant-classic.-A-major-reassessment-of-world-history,-it-compelled-us-to-look-at-the-past-from-a-different-perspective.-The-New-Silk-Roads-brings-this-story-up-to-date,-addressing-the-present-and-future-of-a-world-that-is-changing-dramatically.Following-the-Silk-Roads-eastwards,-from-Europe-through-to-China,-by-way-of-Russia-and-the-Middle-East,-The-New-Silk-Roads-provides-a-timely-reminder-that-we-live-in-a-world-that-is-profoundly-interconnected.-In-an-age-of-Brexit-and-Trump,-the-themes-of-isolation-and-fragmentation-permeating-the-Western-world-stand-in-sharp-contrast-to-events-along-the-Silk-Roads-since-2015,-where-ties-have-been-strengthened-and-mutual-cooperation-established.With-brilliant-insight,-Peter-Frankopan-takes-a-fresh-look-at-the-network-of-relationships-being-formed-along-the-length-and-breadth-of-the-Silk-Roads-today,-assessing-the-global-reverberations-of-these-continual-shifts-in-the-centre-of-power—all-too-often-absent-from-headlines-in-the-West.-This-important—and-ultimately-hopeful—book-asks-us-to-reassess-who-we-are-and-where-we-are-in-the-world,-illuminating-the-themes-on-which-all-our-lives-and-livelihood-depend.