Title: The post-American world
First published: 2008
Description: "This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The Future of Freedom, Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, orchestrate geopolitics, or overwhelm cultures. He sees the "rise of the rest"—the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, and many others—as the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, largest-selling movies, and most advanced cell phones are all being built outside the United States. This economic growth is producing political confidence, national pride, and potentially international problems. How should the United States understand and thrive in this rapidly changing international climate? What does it mean to live in a truly global era? Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.
Subjects: Forecasting, East and West, International economic relations, Twenty-first century, Forecasts, Globalization, World politics, International relations, Foreign relations, Nonfiction, Politics, New York Times bestseller, nyt:hardcover_political_books=2011-07-30, Internationale Politik, Globalisierung, Weltwirtschaft, Zukunft, Relations extérieures, Relations économiques internationales, Relations internationales, Futur, Prognoser, Mondialisation, Politique internationale, Weltpolitik, Internationell politik, Weltsystem, Internationella relationer, World politics, 21st century, East and west, United states, foreign relations, 21st century, Political science
Places: United States
Time periods: 21st century
LC classification: CB161 .Z34 2008