What does Khanna say about the number of formal national borders in the World and why this might have grown in recent decades?

You can watch Dr. Parag Khanna’s TED talk here
(Links to an external site.)
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1] What does Khanna say about the number of formal national borders in the World and why this might have grown in recent decades? 10 points
2] PICK 3 FROM THE FOLLOWING 4 QUESTIONS
2a) What does he say about how national boundaries in East Asia (China, Mongolia, South East Asia) arebeing ‘bridged’ by various different types of economic, political and cultural connections? 10 points
2b) What does he say about how national boundaries and connections in the Middle East (Iraq, Palestine, former Ottoman Empire lands) mightbe bridged by different types of economic, political, and cultural connections? 10 points
2c) What does he say about how national boundaries and connections in Russia and the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia (the 5 ‘Stans’) are or might bebridged by different types of economic, political, and cultural connections? 10 points
2d) What does he say about how national boundaries and connections in Europe (and Mediterranean North Africa, Turkey and the Balkans) are or might bebridged by different types of economic, political, and cultural connections? 10 points
3] Khanna doesn’t say anything about the U.S. – what might he have said about connectivity into and out of the U.S. ? (hints: borders, people movement, cultural influence/exchange, trade deals, military unions etc.). 10 points

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