American culture reigned supreme everywhere from Latin America to China. The American economy was booming and, despite the setbacks in Iraq, people could not but be impressed by Washington’s military power, which, since 9/11, had been deployed across the world on a scale unmatched in human history. The first edition of The Post-American World was written in 20, when America was at the center of the world. He is also the author of the updated and expanded re-released best-seller, The Post-American World. This hour On Point: Fareed Zakaria, on the new world order.įareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPSand editor-at-large of Time magazine. The “rise of the rest” - his phrase - raises big questions about exactly where the U.S. But rising competitors shrugged it off fast and have gone on rising while the U.S. It was American-made and it decked the U.S. What we call the global financial crisis wasn’t really global, he says. And that was before the financial meltdown of 2008. still stumbles.įareed Zakaria on the set of PBS' 'Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria.' (AP)įareed Zakaria called it loud and early in his bestselling book “The Post-American World.” China up. Facebook Email This article is more than 11 years old.įareed Zakaria on the future, as rising powers surge and the U.S.
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