South Asia

There is almost universal agreement that the centre of power is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans in what is rapidly becoming the ‘Asian Century.’ In just ten years from now, well over half the world’s population of almost 8 billion people will live in Asia. By 2020, if recent trends continue, three of the five largest economies in the world – China, India and Japan – will be Asian, and there will be more middle class consumers in Asia than there will be in America and Europe combined. CIS continues to monitor the implications for Australia, Europe and the USA?