The Powerful Second World

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Second-world countries like Uzbekistan, Colombia, and Libya could eventually decide the fate of the world’s superpowers, says global politics expert Parag Khanna. His new book is The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order.

Event: Parag Khanna will be speaking and signing books
Monday, March 10 at 7 pm
Upper West Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)

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