Far greater than just China, the new Asian system taking shape is a multi-civilizational order spanning Saudi Arabia to Japan, Russia to Australia, Turkey to Indonesia—linking five billion people through trade, finance, infrastructure, and diplomatic networks that together represent 40 percent of global GDP. The Future is Asian tracks Asia's recent rise to global prominence and makes the case that much of the world's economic, political, and cultural innovations will come from this region. Khanna does an excellent job painting a larger picture of Asia's rise in the 21^st century, through thousands of smaller anecdotes. The book covers nearly everything from China's infrastructure projects in Africa to increasing dominance of K-Pop culture. Khanna tries to retell Asian history with an emphasis on the various economic and cultural connections spanning the breadth of the continent.