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: the initiative in this venture. If the US does not, China and possibly India could take the initiative, but none of them have the network of high quality laboratories or financial wizardry to come up with the best possible answers. He says if the US does take the lead, which it is currently loath to do, it could make the world an easier place to live in.

Currently the world has too much of an issue with the US and its conception of the world order. Friedman says that this is partly shaped by realpolitik, but the weltanschaung that characterised the US a century ago as the land of innovation and enterprise can be recaptured if the green agenda is made more than a fad. Friedman’s perspective on the role of the US and China can be compared with the one articulated by Fareed Zakaria in The Post American World.

Zakaria argued that China, and by a long shot India, could take over global leadership in an array of sectors unless the US overcomes its siege mentality to develop a more inclusive world view. Friedman traverses this territory too, but he is more sanguine that the US can reverse and indeed travel better as green pioneer. The book has two sections — a recounting of the present position, followed by Friedman’s take on how to move forward. But in this week, when the present world order is coming unstuck, one feels a sense of unease. The innovation order of the US had as one of its platforms, its massive financial engineering.