Book review: Peter Frankopan's The New Silk Roads offers a primer on changing world order as the world pivots East

Peter Frankopan wrangles scary current affairs developments into a broader framework that takes into account world history prior to the Western dominated narrative of the past 300 years. PHOTO: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
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THE NEW SILK ROADS: THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE WORLD

By Peter Frankopan

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