The Post-American World: And The Rise Of The Rest

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Penguin Books Limited, Jun 4, 2009 - Political Science - 336 pages

The growth of countries such as India, China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Kenya is generating a new landscape. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, highest-grossing movies and most advanced mobile phones are now all being made outside Europe and the United States. Countries that previously lacked polotical confidence and national pride are finding them.

Is this an opportunity, or a threat? Fareed Zakaria's acclaimed bestseller, now expanded with a new afterword and throroughly updated throughout, has been heralded as the most thought-provoking book yet on our uncertain times. With lucidity, insight and imagination, he shows how the West must transform its global strategy, moving from a position of hegemony to one that recognizes this seismic power shift.

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About the author (2009)

Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN's flagship international affairs program (Fareed Zakaria GPS), Editor-at-Large of TIME, a Washington Post columnist and a New York Times bestselling author. He was described in 1999 by Esquire as 'the most influential foreign policy advisor of his generation'. In 2010, Foreign Policy named him as one of the Top 100 global thinkers. He lives in New York City.

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