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Why is he reading this book?
Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books
An exerpt from the book
From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. When a book proclaims that it is not about the decline of America but the rise of everyone else, readers might expect another diatribe about our dismal post-9/11 world. They are in for a pleasant surprise as Newsweek editor and popular pundit Zakaria (The Future of Freedom) delivers a stimulating, largely optimistic forecast of where the 21st century is heading. We are living in a peaceful era, he maintains; world violence peaked around 1990 and has plummeted to a record low. Burgeoning prosperity has spread to the developing world, raising standards of living in Brazil, India, China and Indonesia. Twenty years ago China discarded Soviet economics but not its politics, leading to a wildly effective, top-down, scorched-earth boom. Its political antithesis, India, also prospers while remaining a chaotic, inefficient democracy, as Indian elected officials are (generally) loathe to use the brutally efficient tactics that are the staple of Chinese governance. Paradoxically, India's greatest asset is its relative stability in the region; its officials take an unruly population for granted, while dissent produces paranoia in Chinese leaders. Zakaria predicts that despite its record of recent blunders at home and abroad, America will stay strong, buoyed by a stellar educational system and the influx of young immigrants, who give the U.S. a more youthful demographic than Europe and much of Asia whose workers support an increasing population of unproductive elderly. A lucid, thought-provoking appraisal of world affairs, this book will engage readers on both sides of the political spectrum. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Why is he reading this book?
Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books
An exerpt from the book
From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. When a book proclaims that it is not about the decline of America but the rise of everyone else, readers might expect another diatribe about our dismal post-9/11 world. They are in for a pleasant surprise as Newsweek editor and popular pundit Zakaria (The Future of Freedom) delivers a stimulating, largely optimistic forecast of where the 21st century is heading. We are living in a peaceful era, he maintains; world violence peaked around 1990 and has plummeted to a record low. Burgeoning prosperity has spread to the developing world, raising standards of living in Brazil, India, China and Indonesia. Twenty years ago China discarded Soviet economics but not its politics, leading to a wildly effective, top-down, scorched-earth boom. Its political antithesis, India, also prospers while remaining a chaotic, inefficient democracy, as Indian elected officials are (generally) loathe to use the brutally efficient tactics that are the staple of Chinese governance. Paradoxically, India's greatest asset is its relative stability in the region; its officials take an unruly population for granted, while dissent produces paranoia in Chinese leaders. Zakaria predicts that despite its record of recent blunders at home and abroad, America will stay strong, buoyed by a stellar educational system and the influx of young immigrants, who give the U.S. a more youthful demographic than Europe and much of Asia whose workers support an increasing population of unproductive elderly. A lucid, thought-provoking appraisal of world affairs, this book will engage readers on both sides of the political spectrum. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The 6 guidelines that Zakaria talks about:
1.) Choose - Choose priorities rather than trying to have it all
2.) Build broad rules, not narrow interests - Recommit to international institutions and mechanisms
3.) Be Bismarck, not Britain - Maintain excellent relations with everyone, rather than offset and balance emerging powers
4.) Order à la carte - Address problems through a variety of different structures (e.g. sometimes UN, sometimes NATO, sometimes OAS)
5.) Think asymmetrically - Respond to problems (e.g. drug cartels, terrorists, etc.) proportionately and do not respond to bait (i.e. small attacks meant to draw attention)
6.) Legitimacy is power - Legitimacy allows the power to set agendas, define crises, and mobilize support
Sounds like an interesting book. More like a non-issue.
Sounds like fucking communist bullshit to me. It's rationalizing dictatorship.
6.) Legitimacy is power - Legitimacy allows the power to set agendas, define crises, and mobilize support
You understand what that means? It means if you feel yourself to be "right" it gives you the right to run down anyone in your way.
Why is he reading this book?
Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books
An exerpt from the book
Why is he reading this book?
Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books
An exerpt from the book
Maybe because he already finished that wonderful missive that Hugo Chavez gave him?
From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. When a book proclaims that it is not about the decline of America but the rise of everyone else, readers might expect another diatribe about our dismal post-9/11 world. They are in for a pleasant surprise as Newsweek editor and popular pundit Zakaria (The Future of Freedom) delivers a stimulating, largely optimistic forecast of where the 21st century is heading. We are living in a peaceful era, he maintains; world violence peaked around 1990 and has plummeted to a record low. Burgeoning prosperity has spread to the developing world, raising standards of living in Brazil, India, China and Indonesia. Twenty years ago China discarded Soviet economics but not its politics, leading to a wildly effective, top-down, scorched-earth boom. Its political antithesis, India, also prospers while remaining a chaotic, inefficient democracy, as Indian elected officials are (generally) loathe to use the brutally efficient tactics that are the staple of Chinese governance. Paradoxically, India's greatest asset is its relative stability in the region; its officials take an unruly population for granted, while dissent produces paranoia in Chinese leaders. Zakaria predicts that despite its record of recent blunders at home and abroad, America will stay strong, buoyed by a stellar educational system and the influx of young immigrants, who give the U.S. a more youthful demographic than Europe and much of Asia whose workers support an increasing population of unproductive elderly. A lucid, thought-provoking appraisal of world affairs, this book will engage readers on both sides of the political spectrum. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The 6 guidelines that Zakaria talks about:
1.) Choose - Choose priorities rather than trying to have it all
2.) Build broad rules, not narrow interests - Recommit to international institutions and mechanisms
3.) Be Bismarck, not Britain - Maintain excellent relations with everyone, rather than offset and balance emerging powers
4.) Order à la carte - Address problems through a variety of different structures (e.g. sometimes UN, sometimes NATO, sometimes OAS)
5.) Think asymmetrically - Respond to problems (e.g. drug cartels, terrorists, etc.) proportionately and do not respond to bait (i.e. small attacks meant to draw attention)
6.) Legitimacy is power - Legitimacy allows the power to set agendas, define crises, and mobilize support
Sounds like an interesting book. More like a non-issue.
Sounds like fucking communist bullshit to me. It's rationalizing dictatorship.
6.) Legitimacy is power - Legitimacy allows the power to set agendas, define crises, and mobilize support
You understand what that means? It means if you feel yourself to be "right" it gives you the right to run down anyone in your way.