A Thousand Words

[WillowTree]

 

[MeBelle]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/The-Post-American-World-Fareed-Zakaria/dp/039306235X]Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books[/ame]

Take a look see.

 

[Peach]

Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books

Take a look see.

The PRESIDENT reading? That MUST be stopped!

 

[Amelia]

The book is not as bad as the title sounds.

 

[WillowTree]

Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books

Take a look see.

The PRESIDENT reading? That MUST be stopped!

I wish he'd read the constitution.

 

[Oddsfish]

Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780393062359): Fareed Zakaria: Books

Take a look see.

The PRESIDENT reading? That MUST be stopped!

I wish he'd read the constitution.

Post of the day.

 

[WillowTree]

Thomas Friedman: You're absolutely right--it is about two things. The book says, America has a problem and the world has a problem. The world's problem is that it's getting hot, flat and crowded and that convergence--that perfect storm--is driving a lot of negative trends. America's problem is that we've lost our way--we've lost our groove as a country. And the basic argument of the book is that we can solve our problem by taking the lead in solving the world's problem.

This book is about the transfer of wealth from US to the rest of the world.. yep,, that's what obama has always been about.

 

[SniperFire]

His dear friend Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave it to him as a Ramadan gift.

 

[Luissa]

Wow! You are an idiot.

 

[Peach]

"I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves."

GWB

 

[Peach]

Wow! You are an idiot.

Shhhhh.........Willow might figure out who Zakaria IS...............................

 

[Luissa]

The content is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter introduces the thesis of the book: that a 'post-American' world order is emerging in which the United States of America will continue to be the most powerful nation but its relative power will be diminished. He believes that there have been three power shifts in the last 500 years: a shift of power to the West during the Renaissance, a shift of power to the US making it a superpower, and now a shift to several surging countries, especially China and India, and to non-governmental organizations. Zakaria believes that international organizations are not adapting well to emerging challenges and that there is too much focus on problems arising from potential market failures or general crises (e.g. terrorism) at the expense of focus on problems stemming from success (e.g. development causing environmental degradation, or rising demand creating high commodity prices).
The world is moving from anger to indifference, from anti-Americanism to post-Americanism. The fact that new powers are more strongly asserting their interests is the reality of the post-American world. It also raises the political conundrum of how to achieve international objectives in a world of many actors, state and nonstate.
Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, pages 36–37.
The second and third chapters examine factors that led to the current power balance. Power shifted to the West because it fostered trade with foreign peoples and developed superior labour productivity per capita. Power shifted to the US because of its strong democracy and capitalist market. Zakaria argues that the success of the US in promoting free market capitalism and globalization has led to power being dispersed to several other countries. Economies have been surging for decades, in part due to large new players entering the global market place. He compares this era's economic growth to the economic surges of the 1890s and the 1950s which also saw new players become global powers. At the same time, Zakaria sees attitudes in the US becoming insular and distrustful of foreigners.
The fourth chapter focuses on China. Its strategy of small, gradual reforms have allowed it to quietly modernize. It has become the second most powerful nation, but still unlikely to match the US for decades to come. China's strengths include a philosophy that reflects Confucian ideals of practicality, ethics and rationalism. Its non-combative foreign policy is more appealing, most notably in Africa, over interventionist Western-style policy that demands reforms in other countries. China's weakness, though, is a fear of social unrest.
The fifth chapter focuses on India. Contrasted to China, India has a bottom-up democratic political system constantly subject to social unrest but which only results in few politicians losing an election. Its political system is characterized by strong regionalism — often placing high priority on regional interests rather than national. Zakaria lists India's advantages: independent courts that enforce contracts, private property rights, rule of law, an established private sector, and many business savvy English-speaking people.
The sixth chapter compares the American rise to superpower status and its use of power. He draws parallels between the British Empire in the 1890s and starting the Boer War with the US in the 2000s and starting the Iraq War. The difference between them is that the British had unsurpassed political power but lost its economic dominance, whereas the US, in the 2000s, had huge economic power but faltering political influence. Zakaria defends the US from indicators that suggest American decline but warns that internal partisan politics, domestic ideological attack groups, special interest power, and a sensationalistic media are weakening the federal government's ability to adapt to new global realities.
The final chapter outlines how the US has used its power and provides six guidelines for the US to follow in the 'post-American world' envisioned by Zakaria.

The Post-American World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Wow! That sounds like a subject I wouldn't want my President reading about.

The book also reached number 2 on the New York Times best seller list. I guess the President could stay ignorant like Willow chooses to do.

 

[Luissa]

Wow! You are an idiot.

Shhhhh.........Willow might figure out who Zakaria IS...............................

Oh! You mean that he worked for Newsweek, CNN, and was an editor at large for Time magazine? Or that he is from India, not the middle east?

 

[Peach]

Wow! You are an idiot.

Shhhhh.........Willow might figure out who Zakaria IS...............................

Oh! You mean that he worked for Newsweek, CNN, and was an editor at large for Time magazine? Or that he is from India, not the middle east?

You are giving the "secrets" away!

 

[WillowTree]

Wow! You are an idiot.

You're a moron

 

[Luissa]

Zakaria self-identifies as a "centrist",[9] though he has been described variously as a political liberal,[10][11] a conservative,[12] or a moderate.[13]

Fareed Zakaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Luissa]

Wow! You are an idiot.

You're a moron

For enjoying the fact my President reads other things than right wing blogs?

 

[Luissa]

Shhhhh.........Willow might figure out who Zakaria IS...............................

Oh! You mean that he worked for Newsweek, CNN, and was an editor at large for Time magazine? Or that he is from India, not the middle east?

You are giving the "secrets" away!

I would put a 100 on Willow thinking it was by a middle eastern Muslim.

 

[WillowTree]

Wow! You are an idiot.

You're a moron

For enjoying the fact my President reads other things than right wing blogs?

you're a moron,, you don't need excuses.

 

[WillowTree]

Instead of bettering America, he's making everything worse and reading about a Post American world.. and you're happy with that? yep,, you're a fucking moron..









are we better off than we were in 2009? Why fuck no we're not.