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Title
- The Post-American World
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Attribution
Fareed Zakaria
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Format
Book
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Published
2008
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Availability
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Call Number
- Audio CD
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Description and Reviews
One of our most distinguished thinkers argues that the “rise of the rest” is the great story of our time. 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. summarized from Amazon.com
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Subject
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Notes
- “For Fareed Zakaria, the great story of our times is “the rise of the rest” - the growth of countries such as China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Kenya, and many, many more. This economic growth is generating a new global landscape where power is shifting and wealth and innovation are bubbling up in unexpected places. 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. Global growth produces many good things but also many problems - and the world is not yet equipped to tackle them.” “Zakaria outlines the contemporary diffusion of power throughout the world. He 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 needs to begin a serious transformation of its global strategy, moving from being the dominating hegemon to a role that is more like an honest broker. It must seek to share power, create coalitions, build legitimacy, and define the global agenda - all formidable tasks. None of this will be easy for the greatest power the world has ever known - the only power that has really mattered for so long. But as we learn in this new book, all that is changing now. The future we face is the post-American world.”–BOOK JACKET.
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Contents
- 7.
American Purpose.
- 7.
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ISBN
- 9780743576857
- 039306235x
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