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Connectography: Mapping the Global Network Truman Capote It is the twelfth birthdayIn Connectography, Parag Khanna guides us through the emerging global network civilization in which mega cities compete over connectivity and borders are increasingly irrelevant. He travels from Ukraine to Iran, Mongolia to North Korea, London to Dubai and the Arctic Circle to the South China Sea all to show how twenty first century conflict is a tug of war over pipelines and internet cables, advanced technologies and market access. Yet Connectography