The Post-American World

I think that Zakaria's primary analysis on this point is that the economic conditions to favor political stability is what endangers democracy in areas like the Middle East. The lack of economic...

In chapter 3, “A Non-Western World,” Zakaria provides a brief history of the West and the East to explain how the West came to possess such a strong global influence. He discusses how in the coming...

In the section called "The Last Superpower" in chapter 2 of Fareed Zakaria's book The Post-American World, Zakaria states that America "has had its day." In other words, America is not the...

I think that Zakaria would suggest a very strong connection must exist between economic growth and democratization. When he speaks of the need for conditions to be right in order to facilitate a...

I think that Zakaria would point out that one of America's universal strengths is the ability to read and assess situations better than most nations. The spirit of pragmatism and practicality that...

I think that Zakaria believes in the technological advances that have helped to make the world more "flat," to borrow a term from Friedman. This is something that Zakaria believes has been...

I think that there are a couple of ways to answer this question. First, you could go with the message of the following quote from Zakaria: At the military and political level, we still live in a...

For Zakaria, one of the most positive elements to American leadership is that the exporting of democracy worldwide. Zakaria is open enough to say that the democracy as a government worldwide is...

This quotation comes from Fareed Zakaria's book The Post-American World: And the Rise of the Rest, and it expresses a fundamental tenet of Zakaria's thesis. Following the end of the Cold War and...

I think that the most significant quotes that Zakaria develops in his work are more related to concepts that make his vision more understandable. For example, the idea of the "rise of the rest" is...

Both authors describe the changing dynamics of the world order in their books. The main difference between them however is about what the future entails for America. Zakaria argues that the US's...

For the United States, there are two major strategies that must be pursued with regard to the “rise of the rest.” First, the US must remain economically flexible and open to immigration. It must...

To Zakaria, the main challenges that face the US have to do with creating and maintaining conditions that will allow the US economy to grow. Zakaria argues that the "rise of the rest" can be a...

Zakaria does not think that the Post-American world presents insurmountable problems to America. On the contrary, he states that America will remain as the most powerful nation in the world in the...

One of the things I have always liked about Zakaria, and about this book in particular, is that he truly comes across as the objective commentator. It is not based on a political agenda, or...

I would say that Zakaria's contention of "the rise of the rest" would be one of the most essential and controversial points. The transformative element of how "the rest" is emerging into the world...

The original question had to be edited down. I would suggest that one of the strengths of Zakaria's work is that it embraces a new landscape for global economic and political interaction. The...

I believe that the answer to this is to be found on p. 21 of the book (this is according to Amazon’s search function. I do not know what version of the book this is. Mine is on Kindle and...

What Zakaria is getting at is the idea that “the rest” can “rise,” but that the United States still has characteristics that make it potentially stronger than any other country. The US is, Zakaria...