The Fusion of Civilizations

By: Kishore Mahbubani, Lawrence H. Summers

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

The mood of much of the world is grim these days. Turmoil in the Middle East, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees; random terrorist attacks across the globe; geopolitical tensions in eastern Europe and Asia; the end of the commodity supercycle; slowing growth in China; and economic stagnation in many countries - all have combined to feed a deep pessimism about the present and, worse, the future.

"The Fusion of Civilizations" is from the May/June 2016 issue of Foreign Affairs.

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Finally, an article with a positive outlook!

I enjoyed this article about the ways in which the world is changing. So often I read/hear such negative things about the direction that the world is headed. I found it refreshing to hear an article written with reason, optimism, and hope.