Look West Not East: South America Will be the 21st Century's Superpower

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🗓️ 21 May 2014

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Conventional wisdom tells us that a new star will rise in the East, and all eyes have been looking towards China or India as the 21st century’s new superpower. But remarkable as their recent economic growth may have been, the institutional frailty of both nations raises questions about long-term sustainability. Meanwhile the economies of South America have also been transforming themselves quietly and less flashily, unburdened by the dead weight of caste politics or communism. And it’s not just Brazil that catches the eye: at 9.8 percent Peru's growth rate last year was one of the world’s fastest. So perhaps we should all do an about-turn. In this debate from March 2011, Senior Lecturer in Law at Birkbeck College Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Brazilian Ambassador to the UK HE Roberto Jaguaribe, and Director of the Global Governance Initiative Parag Khanna spoke in favour of the motion. Speaking against the motion were former Economist editor Bill Emmott, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.0	Look west, not east. South America will be the 21st century superpower.
0:43.0	This debate took place on the 22nd of March 2011
0:47.0	at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Thank you. Our live audience here for Intelligence Square.
0:55.0	Also,
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1:20.7	introduce our subject for tonight.
1:23.8	It is, Look West, not East.
1:27.0	South America will be the 21st century's superpower.
1:31.0	If the premise for this motion is that Latin America does not get the attention it deserves because people are always looking elsewhere.
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