Notes

1 Interview, Butler University, September 19th 2008, http://www.butler.edu/absolutenm/templates/?a=824&z=22

2 George Friedman, ‘The next 100 years,’ A forecast for the 21st century,’ 2009, Doubleday publishers.

3 Catherine Gwin, U.S. relations with the World Bank, 1945-1992, Published in 1994, (Brookings Occasional Papers) Brookings Institute.

4 Junker D, and Gasser P, “The United States and Germany in the era of the Cold War 1945-1990” Cambridge University Press, Volume 1, 2004 pg 164-169 and Forsberg A, “The America and the Japanese miracle: the Cold War context of Japan's postwar Economic Revival 1950 – 1960,” University of North Carolina Press, 2000, 187-188

5 David H, K Lawrence, Kearney M, ‘The Polarization of the U.S. Labour Market,' Harvard University and NBER, January 2006

6 Scobell A, 2003, China’s use of military force, Cambridge university press.

7 L C, Douglas and Young, Thomas-Durell, (Sep 2005) ‘US Department Of Defense Strategic Planning: The Missing Nexus,' http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub329.pdf.

8 Condoleezza Rice, Campaign 2000: Promoting the National Interest, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2000, http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20000101faessay5/condoleezza-rice/campaign-2000-promoting-the-national-interest.html.

9 Hsu, Nina, ‘Balancing National Security and Commercial Interests; Finding the sweet spot in Sino-US cooperation on commercial aircraft manufacturing,’ August 2009, http://www.larkintrade.com/files/China_Brief_Article_-_Aug_09.pdf.

10 String of Pearls: Meeting the Challenge of China's Rising Power Across the Asian Littoral, 2006, http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB721.pdf.

11 James Fallows, ‘China makes, the world takes,’ Atlantic Monthly, July/Aug 2007, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/07/china-makes-the-world-takes/5987/.

12 See http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200601/20/eng20060120_236813.html.

13 Niraj Sheth, ‘Outlook for Outsourcing Spending Brightens,’ May 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124344190542659025.html.

14 See http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_12/b4026001.htm.

15 Tushar Poddar and Eva Yi, ‘India’s rising growth potential,’ Global Economic paper 152, January 2007, http://www.usindiafriendship.net/viewpoints1/Indias_Rising_Growth_Potential.pdf.

16 See http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/DoingBusiness2007_FullReport.pdf.

17 See http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/33_of_Indians_live_in_less_space_than_US_prisoners/articleshow/3753189.cms.

18 Paul Kennedy, ‘The rise and fall of the great powers, economic change and military conflict from 1500 – 2000,’ New York Random house, pg 13

19 Republished with the permission of STRATFOR, Russia, Turkey: The Resurgent Powers' Wary Approach, June 25th 2009 and Turkey's Ongoing Resurgence, January 7th 2010, www.stratfor.com.

20 Feffer, John, ‘Turkey: Stealth superpower,’ AsiaTimes online, June 15th 2010, http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LF15Ak02.html.

21 Lewis, Bernard (2002). What Went Wrong? : Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response.

22 http://www.kerkuk.net/haberler/haber.aspx?dil=2057&metin=200607079

23 "Wexler urges US to positively ‘channel’ Turkey’s value". Sunday’s Zaman, May 2009

24 See http://www.caspianweekly.org/main-subjects/caucasus/1778-turkey-may-help-abkhazia-reintegrate-with-georgia-through-direct-trade-.html.

25 See http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/stories.asp?id=435

26 F. Stephen Larrabee, ‘ Turkey Rediscovers the Middle East,’ July/August 2007

27 Black I, ‘Berlin signals new tack over Middle East,’ 26th Sep 2006, http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1882097,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1.

28 Ricke, Christopher. “Sie leisten wirklich Großartiges unter schwierigsten Bedingungen,” Interview with Deutschlandradio, May 2010, http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/interview/1188780/.

29 The Post-American World, And the rise of the rest, Fareed Zakaria, Penguin books, 2009, pg 179

30 See, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2115167.ece.

31 BBC 4 Radio, Today program, 14th May 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8682000/8682052.stm

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