As the rest of the world casts rapidly-growing Asia into the mould of next world power, Bill Emmott unveils a new twist to the story: the internal power struggles facing the continent between China, India and Japan.

In Rivals, Emmott outlines the historical uniqueness of this new Eastern balance-of-power politics, as well as the resulting opportunities, tensions and dangers, offering recommendations to governments and companies alike on how to make the best of such a never-before-seen phenomenon.

Bill Emmott is an independent writer and former editor of The Economist, and has published numerous books on Asian economics and politics. He writes regular columns in Japanese, Brazilian and Italian newspapers, and has been awarded several journalism awards, including the "decade of excellence" award from the World Leadership Forum's business journalism awards programme, a "lifetime achievement" award from the Work Foundation, and the Italian "È giornalismo" ("This is journalism") award, the first time that a foreigner had been given this prestigious Italian journalism prize.