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Annan, Kofi, 272
anti-Americanism, 13, 35, 39, 42, 60, 166, 241, 245, 251–55, 274, 283
Apple, Inc., 203
Arab culture, 67, 75, 76, 77, 80, 98
Arab-Israeli conflict, 6, 96, 246
arbitrage, 27
architecture, 95, 98, 103, 105, 152
Argentina, 3, 26, 55, 115
Armenia, 209
Arnold, Thomas, 187
Arroyo, Gloria, 133
art, modern, 95
ash-Sheikh, Abdulaziz al, 15
Asia:
agriculture in, 70
Chinese influence in, 132–36, 143, 173, 176–77, 259, 267, 281
colonization of, 79, 80–82, 156
demographics of, 214–15
East, 20, 23, 29, 32, 36, 52, 64n, 65, 122, 133, 214, 241–42, 245
economies of, 52, 75, 138, 151–52, 221
education in, 208–12
financial markets of, 221–22
geography of, 76
global influence of, 245, 257, 259
India’s influence in, 151–52, 173, 181
manufacturing sector of, 202–3
South, 21n, 52, 60
technology sector of, 200–208
U.S. influence in, 90, 241–42, 245, 259–60, 266, 267, 273–74, 280–81
Western influence in, 90, 93, 99
see also specific countries
“Asian Tigers,” 26
assets, 219
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 132, 133
Atatürk, Kemal, 84
Australia, 78, 132, 143, 196, 252, 266
Austria, 223
automobile industry, 33, 110, 149, 192, 205, 225, 229–30, 244
Autor, David, 231
Bacon, Francis, 86
bailouts, 43, 44
Baker, James A., III, 39, 244
Bakiyev, Kurmanbek, 54
balance of power, 79
Bali bombings (2002), 11, 17
Balkans, 20, 29, 117–18, 245, 246, 247
Bangalore, 50
Bangladesh, 60, 159, 281
Ban Ki-moon, 30
banking industry, 36, 43–45, 81, 106, 107, 109, 110, 127, 139, 153, 157
Barma, Naazneen, 38
Barnett, Correlli, 262
“Base Structure Report” (2006), 262
Bay of Pigs invasion (1961), 20
BBC, 96, 120
Bear Stearns, xi
Beijing, 71, 103, 105, 111, 137, 150, 211
“Beijing Consensus, The” (Ramo), 142–43
Beijing Olympic Games (2008), 5, 103, 105, 137
Belgium, 41
Berlin, 103
Berlin Wall, 24
Beveridge Plan, 197
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 158–59, 160, 178, 179–80
Bhutan, 166
Bialik, Carl, 205
Bible, 172
bicycles, 192
bin Laden, Osama, 12, 13, 14–15, 85, 269–70
biological weapons, 18
biotechnology, 201–2, 215
bipolar order, 4
Bismarck, Otto von, 198, 257, 266–67
Blackwill, Robert, 177
Blair, Tony, 274
Blinder, Alan, 230–31
Bloomberg, Michael, 220–21
“blue card,” 224
blue jeans, 88, 89, 91
Boer War, 188–90, 261
Bollywood, 90, 94, 147, 153–55
Bono, 272
Boorstin, Daniel, 69
Bosnia, 272
Brahmans, 74
“brain drain,” 167
brand names, 203
Brazil, xii, 2, 3–4, 19, 23, 26, 28–29, 39, 48, 49, 53, 55, 60, 79, 95, 98, 257, 258, 259, 263
Bretton Woods Conference (1944), 253
British East India Company, 60, 80, 82–83
British Empire, 36, 37, 57, 60, 65, 79, 80–83, 84, 89, 94, 97–98, 151, 154, 156, 158–59, 161, 162–63, 164, 170, 173, 179, 184–99, 237, 261–63, 266, 268
British Guiana, 194n
broadband service, 28, 224–25
Brookings, Robert, 235
Brookings Institution, 235
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 36
Buck, Pearl, 100
Buddhism, 124, 171, 172
budget deficits, 219, 241–42, 244
Buffett, Warren, 45–46
Bulgaria, 182
Burma, 79, 121, 264, 273
Burns, Ken, 37
Buruma, Ian, 187
Bush, George H. W., 38, 244, 272
Bush, George W., xi, 40, 42, 59, 141, 175, 246–50, 259–60, 264, 266, 270, 272–73, 276, 277
Calcutta, 82–83
Cambodia, 9
Canada, 32, 225–26
Canary Wharf, 103
cannons, 69, 73
Cantor, Mickey, 246
capital, 21, 24–25, 32, 66–67, 70n, 93–94, 137, 151–52, 200, 201–2, 215–16, 218, 219–22, 228
capitalism, 21–23, 24, 27, 32, 47, 61, 74, 93–94, 99, 105–7, 113–15, 120, 152–53, 157, 167, 187, 192–93, 200–202, 219–22
Capra, Frank, 85
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, 259
Caribbean, 79
Caryl, Christian, 91–92
casinos, gambling, 3, 98
Castañeda, Jorge, 252
caste system, 74, 180–81
Cathedral and John Connon School, 210
Catholic Church, 124
cell phones, 22, 27, 87, 104, 224
cement, 103–4
Center for International Development and Conflict Management, 8
Central America, 284
Central Asia, 52
central banks, 36, 127
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 166
central planning, 106–17, 149–50, 152
Centre for European Reform, 207–8
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