- What if the sun truly is setting on the Western world's outsized influence over the rest of
the planet? - The receding of Western power is speeding up shaking the ground under our feet
- In Westlessness Dr Puri vividly demonstrates how in demographic economic military and
cultural terms we are hurtling into a far more diverse global future - Many of our certainties
about the present built on centuries of massive Western global impact are increasingly
fragile. Nothing is linear and nothing is predictable. - Untold wealth is moving from the West
to the East as nations like India and Indonesia are set to reach new heights of growth and
confidence. -China continues its ascent to the peak of the economic mountain - but are cracks
appearing?. - BUT will the Western world (under the aegis of US global military economic
technological and cultural power) give up its privileged position willingly? - Are we ready
professionally and personally to adapt to a much more diverse global future? - Prepared or
unprepared Westlessness is essential reading for us all.
