The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria

Zakaria, the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and an editor at large for Time magazine, charts the fall of America's dominance and the simultaneous rise of the rest of the world in his book The Post-American World: Release 2.0, which shows how the collapse of communism and the Soviet empire - as well as the rise of global markets - has leveled the playing field for many other countries around the world. more troublingly, also losing key grip on indices such as patent creation, scientific creations and things like that - which are really harbingers of future economic growth.' 'The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai, the biggest factory in the world is in China, the largest oil refinery is in India, the largest investment fund in the world is in Abu Dhabi, the largest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore,' notes Fareed Zakaria. Thirty years ago, the United States dominated the world politically, economically and scientifically.

Zakaria says the world is now experiencing what he calls 'the rise of the rest,' where countries around the world are growing at previously unthinkable rates. The future we face is the post-American world.Dubai now boasts the world's largest building, Burj Khalifa. None of this will be easy for the greatest power the world has ever known - the only power that for so long has really mattered. With his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination, Zakaria draws on lessons from the two great power shifts of the past five hundred years - the rise of the Western world and the rise of the United States - to tell us what we can expect from the third shift, the 'rise of the rest.' Washington must begin a serious transformation of global strategy and seek to share power, create coalitions, build legitimacy, and define the global agenda. As these trends continue, the push of globalization will increasingly be joined by the pull of nationalism - a tension that is likely to define the next decades. It's also producing political confidence and national pride. This economic growth is generating a new global landscape where power is shifting and wealth and innovation are bubbling up in unexpected places. A Prophetic Assessment of America's Changing Place in an Increasingly Global Ageįor Fareed Zakaria, the great story of our times is not the decline of America but rather the rise of everyone else - the growth of countries such as China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Kenya, and many, many more.

The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria