The world is changing, as political and economic power shift further towards Asia. In this penetrating book Bill Emmott shows the ways in which our future will be dominated not by one, but by three Asian giants - China, India and a newly resurgent Japan. How will competition between the emergent great powers in the East affect the West? What will the potential benefits, tensions and danger zones be? Emmott, former editor of the "Economist", is one of the world's most authoritative international commentators. In "Rivals" he has written the essential book for understanding how this new power game will shape the twenty-first century.

比爾‧艾摩特(Bill Emmott)

作者曾是全世界最有影響力的總編輯，在主持《經濟學人》編務的十幾年內，成功為該雜誌打造出「全球菁英必讀」的品牌。在《時代》、《新聞週刊》都發行量下滑的時候，《經濟學人》卻一路往上翻兩翻，衝破全球百萬份。2006年在事業巔峰宣佈急流勇退，一時轟動英美傳媒界。他急流勇退的原因是為了專心寫作，《較勁》就是他交出的第一張成績單。