Why do some countries get rich and other countries don’t? Does one country’s gain mean another country’s loss? How do we address the biggest challenge of all: the fact that our environment suffers when we all want to have our share of the cake? These key questions in international...

This can be considered an Asian version of Grand theory of world history, written by Ooi Kee Beng who sought to codify his dialogues with eminent historian Wang Gungwu on world history. There are many Grand theories of world history. Most are linked to Leopold Ranke's Rankean historical...