About the Book: Asias Cauldron
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY"FINANCIAL TIMES " From Robert D.
Kaplan, named one of the world s Top 100 Global Thinkers by "Foreign Policy"
magazine, comes a penetrating look at the volatile region that will dominate the
future of geopolitical conflict. Over the last decade, the center of world power
has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia. With oil reserves of several
billion barrels, an estimated nine hundred trillion cubic feet of natural gas,
and several centuries worth of competing territorial claims, the South China Sea
in particular is a simmering pot of potential conflict. The