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Devolution and World Order

George Yeo is the trade minister of Singapore. NPQ asked him to look at the differences between the "first globalization" at the turn of the 20th century and the "second globalization" at the turn of the 21st century. His comments are adapted from a conversation with NPQ editor Nathan Gardels earlier this year in Davos, Switzerland.

The first great difference between globalization now and at the beginning of the last century is that the age of empire has passed. Except for Japan, Asia was not involved in the first globalized economy other than as European colonies.

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		Spring 2000
• THE RISE OF THE REST • POST GLOBALIZATION • COMMENTARIES 2001-2007 • MADE IN CHINA • THE TWO SOULS OF TURKEY • THE NEW GLOBAL CINEMA • MAKING GLOBALIZATION WORK • DE-GLOBALIZE THE JIHAD • THE THIRD WAVE'S THIRD WAY • PLANET OF SLUMS • THE GLOBAL IDEOLOGY OF FEAR • THE OTHER • POST-NATIONAL LITERATURE • COLLAPSE OR MASSIVE CHANGE? • THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICA'S SOFT POWER • THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION • PUBLIC DIPLOMACY • THE HEADSCARF CONTROVERSY • SCULPTURE AND THE NEW SCIENCE • BIOTECH AND THE NEW BABEL • WAR THROUGH THE BACK DOOR • ANTIAMERICANISM • THE RISING SOFT POWER OF CHINA & INDIA • THE BUSH DOCTRINE • FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD • AMERICA'S MIGHT • ISLAM IN THE 21ST CENTURY • ANTIGLOBOS • HOT PEACE • MODUS VIVENDI • LOOKING NORTH • FROM WELL HAVING TO WELL BEING • POST-HUMAN HISTORY • GLOBAPHOBIA • THE GLOBAL MIND • AFTER KOSOVO • FROM VIETNAM TO KOSOVO • DEGLOBALIZATION? • THE RISE OF THE MEDIA- INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX • BOOM [NUCLEAR] AND [BUST] ECONOMIC IN ASIA • BEYOND CAPITALISM • ASIAN CRISIS • CHINA: THE ASIAN RENAISSANCE • SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL • ECLIPSE OF THE BIG PICTURE • AFTER THE END OF HISTORY • THE EAST IS RED AGAIN • HALF-A-HEGEMON • THIRD WAVE TERRORISM • HEIMAT • Fall 1987 • Winter 1987 • Spring 1986 • Fall-Winter '84-'85 • Spring 1984		Devolution and World Order George Yeo is the trade minister of Singapore. NPQ asked him to look at the differences between the "first globalization" at the turn of the 20th century and the "second globalization" at the turn of the 21st century. His comments are adapted from a conversation with NPQ editor Nathan Gardels earlier this year in Davos, Switzerland. The first great difference between globalization now and at the beginning of the last century is that the age of empire has passed. Except for Japan, Asia was not involved in the first globalized economy other than as European colonies. back to index