Thomas Friedman Prophetic brilliance, near-perfect clarity, and a stirring eloquence. Review Quotes A provocative and often shrewd take that opens a big picture window on the closing of the first American century and the advent of a new world. How might the nation continue to thrive in a truly global era? In this fully updated 2.0 edition, Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination. So begins Fareed Zakarias blockbuster on the United States in the twenty-first century, and the trends he identifies have proceeded faster than anyone anticipated. Book Synopsis This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else. He sees the rise of the rest as the great story of modern times, and one that will reshape the world. will no longer dominate the global economy.
The future we face is the post-American world.About the Book The author of the bestselling The Future of Freedom describes a world in which the U.S. 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.
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