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""Will the Asia-Pacific become the new center of the world? Today, the Asia-Pacific accounts for 60 percent of the global GDP and 66 percent of global growth. This rise in power, far from being limited to China, involves the entire region. With its many assets--its position at the confluence of the Indian and Pacific oceans, its expertise in managing external flows, its skills, its workforce--the Asia-Pacific is testing, shaking up, and challenging our positioning, our power of influence, and our universalist pretensions. At a time when cracks are forming in the American model and war is rumbling on Europe's doorstep, the Asia-Pacific is weaving a dense, active network to protect its members. It is also from there that the most thoughtful initiatives are being launched to de-Westernize the world order, potentially creating a ripple effect in the Global South. What will the consequences be for Europe? Will the Asia-Pacific become the new post-Western model? These are the questions explored in this fascinating book, informed by its authors' on-the-ground experience.""

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Sophie Boisseau du Rocher is a specialist in Southeast Asia. She was a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris and a researcher at the Asia Center of the IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales). She is the author, with Emmanuel Dubois de Prisque, of La Chine e(s)t le monde. Essai sur la sino-mondialisation (Odile Jacob, 2019). Sophie Boisseau du Rocher est chercheuse au Centre Asie de l'IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales), spécialiste de l'Asie du Sud-Est. Elle a dirigé des groupes de recherche et de réflexion sur les grandes problématiques asiatiques (relations régionales, démocratisation, militarisation et enjeux géo-stratégiques). Elle est l'auteure, avec Emmanuel Dubois de Prisque, de La Chine e(s)t le monde: essai sur la sino-mondialisation (Odile Jacob, 2019). Christian Lechervy was France's ambassador to Burma (2018-2023) and to Turkmenistan (2006-2010). He is also advisor to the Oceania program at the IFRI's Asia Center. From 2014 to 2018, he was permanent secretary for the Pacific, French ambassador to The Pacific Community (SPC) and to the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Christian Lechervy est depuis juin 2024 envoyé spécial du ministre des Affaires étrangères pour la Birmanie, après avoir été ambassadeur à Rangoun de 2018 à 2023. Il est aussi conseiller auprès du Programme Océanie du Centre Asie de l'IFRI. De 2014 à 2018, Christian Lechervy a été secrétaire permanent pour le Pacifique, Ambassadeur de France auprès de la Communauté du Pacifique (CPS) et du Programme régional océanien pour l'environnement (PROE).

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