United by lines, not divided
Parag Khanna looks at the lines on maps that unite us, not the borders that divide us. Empires drew borders, nationalisms splintered them; the cold war drew borders and its end has again increased the number of borders. But globalisation draws different lines on maps -- the lines that connect rather than the ones that divide. Watch the video of Para Khanna giving his tour d'horizon of geopolitics as viewed from the world of infrastructure links.
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