But Asia is not alone being in the ascendency. The Pacific Rim nations including the United States and other Latin American countries which Brazil is one, will definitely play a major role in shaping the power configuration, political and economic, in the world arena. John Hayes in 1898 said that “The Mediterranean Sea is the ocean of the Past and the Atlantic Ocean is the ocean of the Present while the Pacific Ocean is the ocean of the Future.” But indeed, Karl Marx said something in effect similar in 1850. The ascendency of Asia most notably BRIC along with the Pacific Rim nations, together known as Asia and the Pacific would very likely dominate the new century.