New Continentalism

Energy and Twenty-first-century Eurasian Geopolitics

Calder Kent E.

In this groundbreaking book, Kent Calder argues that a new transnational configuration is developing in Asia, driven by economic growth, rising energy demand, and the collapse of longstanding geopolitical boundaries. What Calder calls the New Silk Road – a strengthening multifaceted relationship between the Far East and the Middle East – could eventually eclipse the Atlantic Alliance as the most important multilateral relationship in the world. Straddling the border between comparative politics and international relations theory, this important book will bring a much-needed dialogue to both sides.

About the Author

Kent E. Calder is director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D. C. He has served as special advisor to the U. S. Ambassador to Japan and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He has also taught and initiated U. S. -Japan research programmes at Princeton and Harvard Universities.

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