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The Post-American World

By: Fareed Zakaria

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The author of the bestselling "The Future of Freedom" describes a world in which the U.S. will no longer dominate the global economy. He sees the "rise of the rest" as the great story of modern times, and one that will reshape the world.

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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)

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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)

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The 'Future of freedom' is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics, economics, and social relations"--Back cover.

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The Post-American World: Release 2.0

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The Post-American World: Release 2.0

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“A relentlessly intelligent book.” —Joseph Joffe, New York Times Book Review “This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” So begins Fareed Zakaria’s blockbuster on the United States in the twenty-first century, and the trends he identifies have proceeded faster than anyone anticipated. How might the nation continue to thrive in a truly global era? In this fully updated 2.0 edition, Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.

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From Wealth to Power

The Unusual Origins of America's World Role

By: Fareed Zakaria

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From Wealth to Power

The Unusual Origins of America's World Role

By: Fareed Zakaria

What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? These questions are vital to understanding one of the most important sources of instability in international politics: the emergence of a new power. In From Wealth to Power, Fareed Zakaria seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history--that of the United States. If rich nations routinely become great powers, Zakaria asks, then how do we explain the strange inactivity of the United States in the late nineteenth century? By 1885, the U.S. was the richest country in the world. And yet, by all military, political, and diplomatic measures, it was a minor power. To explain this discrepancy, Zakaria considers a wide variety of cases between 1865 and 1908 when the U.S. considered expanding its influence in such diverse places as Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Iceland. Consistent with the realist theory of international relations, he argues that the President and his administration tried to increase the country's political influence abroad when they saw an increase in the nation's relative economic power. But they frequently had to curtail their plans for expansion, he shows, because they lacked a strong central government that could harness that economic power for the purposes of foreign policy. America was an unusual power--a strong nation with a weak state. It was not until late in the century, when power shifted from states to the federal government and from the legislative to the executive branch, that leaders in Washington could mobilize the nation's resources for international influence. Zakaria's exploration of this tension between national power and state structure will change how we view the emergence of new powers and deepen our understanding of America's exceptional history.

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Princeton University Press

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0691010358

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Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

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Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

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The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live. Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world? In this major work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates the eras and movements that have shaken norms while shaping the modern world. Three such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in the seventeenth-century Netherlands, a fascinating series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in the world—and created politics as we know it today. Next, the French Revolution, an explosive era that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us today. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Great Britain and the US to global dominance and created the modern world. Alongside these paradigm-shifting historical events, Zakaria probes four present-day revolutions: globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics. For all their benefits, the globalization and technology revolutions have produced profound disruptions and pervasive anxiety and our identity. And increasingly, identity is the battlefield on which the twenty-first century’s polarized politics are fought. All this is set against a geopolitical revolution as great as the one that catapulted the United States to world power in the late nineteenth century. Now we are entering a world in which the US is no longer the dominant power. As we find ourselves at the nexus of four seismic revolutions, we can easily imagine a dark future. But Zakaria proves that pessimism is premature. If we act wisely, the liberal international order can be revived and populism relegated to the ash heap of history. As few public intellectuals can, Zakaria combines intellectual range, deep historical insight, and uncanny prescience to once again reframe and illuminate our turbulent present. His bold, compelling arguments make this book essential reading in our age of revolutions.

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0393651088

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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

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New York Times Bestseller COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form of ten "lessons," covering topics from natural and biological risks to the rise of "digital life" to an emerging bipolar world order, Zakaria helps readers to begin thinking beyond the immediate effects of COVID-19. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World speaks to past, present, and future, and, while urgent and timely, is sure to become an enduring reflection on life in the early twenty-first century.

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0393542149

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In Defense of a Liberal Education

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In Defense of a Liberal Education

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CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition. The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While at a General Electric plant in early 2014, Obama remarked, "I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." These messages are hitting home: majors like English and history, once very popular and highly respected, are in steep decline. "I get it," writes Fareed Zakaria, recalling the atmosphere in India where he grew up, which was even more obsessed with getting a skills-based education. However, the CNN host and best-selling author explains why this widely held view is mistaken and shortsighted. Zakaria eloquently expounds on the virtues of a liberal arts education—how to write clearly, how to express yourself convincingly, and how to think analytically. He turns our leaders' vocational argument on its head. American routine manufacturing jobs continue to get automated or outsourced, and specific vocational knowledge is often outdated within a few years. Engineering is a great profession, but key value-added skills you will also need are creativity, lateral thinking, design, communication, storytelling, and, more than anything, the ability to continually learn and enjoy learning—precisely the gifts of a liberal education. Zakaria argues that technology is transforming education, opening up access to the best courses and classes in a vast variety of subjects for millions around the world. We are at the dawn of the greatest expansion of the idea of a liberal education in human history.

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The Post-American World

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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)

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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)

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“A work of tremendous originality and insight. ... Makes you see the world differently.”—Washington Post Translated into twenty languages ?The Future of Freedom ?is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics, economies, and social relations. Prescient in laying out the distinction between democracy and liberty, the book contains a new afterword on the United States's occupation of Iraq and a wide-ranging update of the book's themes.

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0393069397

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From Wealth to Power

The Unusual Origins of America's World Role

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From Wealth to Power

The Unusual Origins of America's World Role

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Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

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Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons?

The Munk Debate on Iran

By: Amos Yadlin,Charles Krauthammer,Fareed Zakaria,Vali Nasr

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Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons?

The Munk Debate on Iran

By: Amos Yadlin,Charles Krauthammer,Fareed Zakaria,Vali Nasr

With tensions between Iran, Israel, and Western powers reaching new highs over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment program, the tenth edition of the Munk Debates investigates how the world should respond to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. For some, the case for a pre-emptive strike on Iran is ironclad. An Iranian bomb would flood the volatile Middle East with nuclear weapons and trap Israel in a state of perilous insecurity — along with much of the world’s oil supply. Others argue that a nuclear Iran could be the very stabilizing force that the region needs, as the threat of nuclear war makes conventional conflicts more risky. These same voices also ask: can the West and Israel afford to attack Iran when doing so could roll back the Arab Spring and re-entrench reactionary forces throughout the Middle East? In this edition of the Munk Debates — Canada’s premier international debate series — former Israel Defense Forces head of military intelligence Amos Yadlin, Pulitzer Prize–winning political commentator Charles Krauthammer, CNN host Fareed Zakaria, and Iranian-born academic Vali Nasr debate the consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran. For the first time ever, this electrifying debate, which played to a sold-out audience, is now available in print, along with candid interviews with the debaters. With tempers flaring between governments, the world’s oil supply in peril, and global security at risk, the Munk Debate on Iran tries to answer: Can the world tolerate an Iran with nuclear weapons?

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In Defense of a Liberal Education

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The Post-American World: Release 2.0

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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?

The Munk Debate on America Foreign Policy

By: Bret Stephens,Fareed Zakaria,Robert Kagan,Anne-Marie Slaughter

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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?

The Munk Debate on America Foreign Policy

By: Bret Stephens,Fareed Zakaria,Robert Kagan,Anne-Marie Slaughter

The fourteenth semi-annual Munk Debate, which will be held in Toronto on November 5, 2014, pits Bret Stephens and Robert Kagan against Fareed Zakaria and Anne-Marie Slaughter to debate the legacy of President Obama. From Ukraine to the Middle East to China, the United States is redefining its role in international affairs. Alliance building, public diplomacy, and eschewing traditional warfare in favour of the focused use of hard power such as drones and special forces are all hallmarks of the so-called Obama Doctrine. Is this a farsighted foreign policy for the United States and the world in the twenty-first century — one that acknowledges and embraces the increasing diffusion of power among states and non-state actors? Or, is an America “leading from behind” a boon for the nations and blocs who want to roll back economic globalization, international law, and the spread of democracy and human rights? In this edition of the Munk Debates, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Bret Stephens and famed historian and foreign policy commentator Robert Kagan square off against CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and noted academic and political commentator Anne-Marie Slaughter to debate the legacy of President Obama. With ISIS looking to reshape the Middle East, Russia increasingly at odds with the rest of the West, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a standstill, the Munk Debate on Foreign Policy asks: Has Obama’s foreign policy taken the U.S. in the right direction?

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The End of the Liberal Order?

By: Niall Ferguson,Fareed Zakaria

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The End of the Liberal Order?

By: Niall Ferguson,Fareed Zakaria

Is it time to reaffirm our liberal values? Or are we seeing the birth-pangs of a new era? Two great thinkers debate the question burning behind headlines across the world. ‘No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.’ –Niall Ferguson ‘We do not need to invent the world anew. The international order established by the United States after World War II is in need of expansion and repair, but not reconception.’ –Fareed Zakaria Fears of a globalized world are rampant. Across the West, borders are being reasserted and old alliances tested to their limits. Could this be the end of the liberal order or will the major crises of the twenty-first century strengthen our resolve?

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Simon and Schuster

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1786073110

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The Post-American World

By: Fareed Zakaria,Fareed

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The Post-American World

By: Fareed Zakaria,Fareed

For Fareed Zakaria, The Great Story Of Our Times Is The Rise Of The Rest The Growth Of Countries Like China, India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa And Kenya, Which Is Generating A New Global Landscape. Global Power Is Shifting, And Wealth And Innovation Are Bubbling Up In Unexpected Places: The Tallest Buildings, Biggest Dams, Top-Selling Movies And Most Advanced Mobile Phones Are All Being Built Or Made Outside The United States. Countries That Until Recently Lacked Political Confidence And National Pride Are Finding Them. As These Trends Continue, The Great Engine Of Globalization Will Increasingly Be Powered By Nationalism, Setting The World On A Course That Is Likely To Define The Next Decades, Yet Which It Is Not Yet Equipped To Tackle. The Current Political Debate In Much Of The First World Is Utterly Out Of Touch With This Broad Development, Obsessed With Issues Like Terrorism, Immigration And Economic Panics. The Real Challenges We Face Come From The Winners Not The Losers Of The New World. Zakaria Outlines The Contemporary Diffusion Of Power Throughout The World. With Lucidity, Insight And Imagination, He Draws On Lessons From The Two Great Power Shifts Of The Past 500 Years The Rise Of The Western World And The Rise Of The United States To Tell Us What We Can Expect From The Third Shift. The Great Challenge For Britain In The Twentieth Century Was Economic Decline. The Challenge For America In The Twenty-First Is Political Decline, For As Others Grow In Importance, The Central Role Of The United States Will Inevitably Shrink. Zakaria Argues That Washington Needs To Begin A Serious Transformation Of Its Global Strategy, Moving From Being The Dominating Hegemon To A Role That Is More Like An Honest Broker. It Must Seek To Share Power, Create Coalitions, Build Legitimacy And Defi Ne The Global Agenda All Formidable Tasks. None Of This Will Be Easy For The Only Power That Has Really Mattered For So Long. But As We Learn In This Incisive And Eloquent New Book, All That Is Changing Now. The Future The World Faces Is The Post-American World.

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0670082295

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Does the 21st Century Belong to China?

The Munk Debate on China

By: Henry Kissinger,Niall Ferguson,Fareed Zakaria,David Li

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Does the 21st Century Belong to China?

The Munk Debate on China

By: Henry Kissinger,Niall Ferguson,Fareed Zakaria,David Li

Is China's rise unstoppable? Powered by the human capital of 1.3 billion citizens, the latest technological advances, and a comparatively efficient system of state-directed capitalism, China seems poised to become the global superpower this century. But the Middle Kingdom also faces a series of challenges. From energy scarcity to environmental degradation to political unrest and growing global security burdens, a host of factors could derail China's global ascent. In this edition of The Munk Debates - Canada's premier international debate series - former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and CNN's Fareed Zakaria square off against leading historian Niall Ferguson and world-renowned economist David Daokui Li to debate the biggest geopolitical issue of our time: Does the 21st century belong to China? Highly electrifying and thoroughly engrossing, the Munk Debate on China is the first formal public debate Dr. Kissinger has participated in on China's future, and includes exclusive interviews with Henry Kissinger and David Daokui Li.

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1770890637

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Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons?

The Munk Debate on Iran

By: Amos Yadlin,Charles Krauthammer,Fareed Zakaria,Vali Nasr

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Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons?

The Munk Debate on Iran

By: Amos Yadlin,Charles Krauthammer,Fareed Zakaria,Vali Nasr

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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?

The Munk Debate on America Foreign Policy

By: Bret Stephens,Fareed Zakaria,Robert Kagan,Anne-Marie Slaughter

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The Munk Debate on America Foreign Policy

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Does the Twenty-first Century Belong to China?

By: Rudyard Griffiths,Patrick Luciani

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Does the Twenty-first Century Belong to China?

By: Rudyard Griffiths,Patrick Luciani

Presents the text of a debate between former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and CNN's Fareed Zakaria against historian Niall Ferguson and Chinese economist David Daokui Li about the emergence of China as a global force.

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