The Post-American World

Great Book, Fareed writes an objective yet clear analysis of the current foreign affairs issues.

Fareed Zakaria's extremely useful perspectives and insights are partly due to his origins in India, and his travels in his work as a journalist having extensive conversations with leaders all over the world.

He writes clearly and doesn't seem to be trying to impress with how knowledgeable he is. All the while drawing pictures which seem to me to have more depth about how the world really works than anyone else I've read.

This book is about empires and how they have been managed over the last few hundred years. What seemed to work and what didn't work.

He has some clear recommendations about the US should do to manage in the world without the hegemony we've enjoyed in the last 50 years. He describes the rise of recently poor countries, especially China, as a change we aren't dealing with very well. He sees the fear-mongering of our politicians as the biggest handicap we have, but doesn't mention the media's role in nightly rubbing our noses in the many potential dangers in the world, giving us a very distorted view.

Very worth reading.

Mr. Zakaria is an unabashed free trader and glosses over the bad results the IMF and WTO and the Chicago School of Economics have had on real people. However, he is an intelligent observer and has good recommendations for the future. He also has some pretty good insight into where we have gone wrong. This should definitely be read by voters getting ready to choose a president.

Zakaria presents an intelligent, well-informed, and well documented outline of the challenges American foreign policy faces with the rise of the rest of the world. He is too wise and too sensible to take extreme positions and shows how a more balanced American approach could benefit the country and the world. This is a book that should be widely read and saluted for its good sense.

Excellent and thought provoking view as to how the world is likely to look in the 21st century. It should be considered compulsory reading for the President of the USA.