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Western influence in, 88–91, 94, 99

women in, 88, 157, 160–61

Indian Institutes of Technology, 145, 161, 205–6

Indonesia, xii, 4, 11, 13, 14, 17, 23, 86, 99, 110, 132, 171, 278

industrialization, 2, 3, 20, 65, 66, 87, 104, 106–7, 110, 151, 191, 192–93, 200, 204, 217, 218, 262

industrial revolution, 104, 262

inflation, 25–26, 28, 43, 145, 217

information technology, 9, 215, 219

Infosys Technologies, 50, 148, 153, 155

infrastructure, 149–53

initial public offerings (IPOs), 202, 220–22

intellectual property, 125–26

interest rates, 21, 43, 75, 139, 222

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 33

intermediate business expenses, 218

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 54, 175, 176

International Herald Tribune, 96

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 24, 41, 48–49, 55, 241

Internet, 27, 93, 96, 112–13, 135, 142, 225

investment funds, 3, 32, 201

iPhone, 203

iPod, 147

Iran, 6, 8, 9, 16, 18, 31, 54–55, 96, 125, 141, 167, 190, 235–36, 259, 260, 273, 277, 284

Iranian hostage crisis, 284

Iran-Iraq War, 9

Iraq, xi, 6, 8, 9, 11–12, 13, 15, 52, 141, 162, 185, 189–90, 199, 244, 246, 247–48, 250

Iraq War, xi, 6, 8, 52, 141, 185, 189–90, 199, 247–48, 250, 251, 252, 260, 269, 273, 274

Ireland, 46–47, 48

iron, 131, 191

Islam, 10–17, 75, 89, 122, 125, 158–59, 172, 180–81, 213, 241, 263, 272, 276, 278

Islamic fundamentalism, 10–17, 75, 89, 172, 241, 263, 271, 272, 278

Israel, 6, 96, 168, 246, 260, 269, 274, 284

Italy, 24, 97, 148, 182, 195

It’s a Wonderful Life, 85

“Ivory Tower” nations, 201

Jakarta, 17

James, Lawrence, 189

Japan, 26, 282

Buddhism in, 171

China compared with, 104–5

Chinese relations of, 101, 120, 134–35, 143

culture of, 87, 89, 91–92, 98, 99, 122, 212

democracy in, 114, 116

economy of, 20, 22, 23, 28, 36–37, 38, 40, 86, 104–5, 118, 120, 233, 245

education in, 207–8, 209, 210, 211–12

family values in, 92, 93

fertility rate of, 214

Japan (continued)

foreign aid by, 135

foreign trade of, 77, 81–82

global influence of, 22, 35, 37, 38, 40, 53, 118, 120, 121, 176, 233, 256

gross domestic product (GDP) of, 207–8

Imperial, 36–37, 38, 84, 134–35, 196

manufacturing sector of, 28

Meiji Reformation in, 84

military forces of, 134

population of, 51, 214

savings rate of, 104

technology sector of, 87, 201, 207–8, 233

trade balance of, 104

U.S. relations with, 245, 266

Western influence in, 81–82, 84, 98, 99

Jemaah Islamiah, 11

Jiang Zemin, 134

jihad, 10–17

Muslim views on, 14–15

Joffe, Josef, 53, 251, 266

Jones, Benjamin, 214–15

Jordan, 8, 14

Judaism, 11, 122, 172

Kagan, Robert, 253

Kant, Immanuel, 123

Karnataka, 180

Kennedy, Paul, 74, 193

Kent, Muhtar, 58, 236–37

Kenya, 4, 41

Keynes, John Maynard, 196–97

kimonos, 88

Kissinger, Henry, 245, 265

Kitchener, H. H., 189

knowledge economy, 219

Kohl, Helmut, 245

Korean War, 20

Kosovo, 35, 245, 272

Kotak, Uday, 153

Kreuz-Zeitung, 188

Krishnadevaraya, 67

Kursk, Battle of, 37

Kyoto accords (1997), 34, 40

Kyrgyz Republic, 54

labor market, 27–28, 69, 151, 202, 206, 225–26, 228–29

labor-saving devices, 71–72

labor unions, 158, 212

Landes, David, 73

Las Vegas, 3

Latin America, 6, 19, 31, 40, 90, 95, 245

Latin language, 92

law:

common, 81

contract, 125–26, 150

divine, 123

Islamic, 16

natural, 123–24

rule of, 114, 125–26, 150, 157, 225

Laxman, R. K., 166–67

League of Nations, 253

“Leaving Asia” (Fukuzawa), 84

Lebanon, 6, 12, 55, 168, 284

Lee Kuan Yew, 119

Lee Kwan Yew, 93, 115, 116, 129

Lehman Brothers, 43

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 123

Leila Island, 239–41

Lend-Lease Act (1941), 196–97

Lenin, V. I., 85

Lewis, Bernard, 16, 274

liberals, 74, 173

Liberia, 223

Libya, 195

Lincoln, Abraham, 119

liquidity, 25, 43, 200, 219–22

literacy, 157–58

living standards, 25, 66–67, 70, 113–14, 229

London, 17, 103, 222, 223–24

London bombings (2005), 17

London School of Economics, 14

Lux, 201

Luxemburg, Rosa, 85

Macao, 3, 98

McCain, John, 276–77

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 274

McKinsey and Co., 32, 222

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