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Moving beyond Fareed Zakaria's bestselling The Post-American World, veteran international correspondent Paul Starobin masterfully mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the United States is no longer the dominant superpower. The American Century has passed, argues Starobin, due in large part to America's military overreach in the Middle East; resurgent nationalism and economic expansion in Russia, China, and India; the tarnished American model of unfettered free-market capitalism; and the growth of transnational cultural, political, and economic institutions.
Following an insightful analysis of America's global ascendancy, Starobin explores five possible scenarios for the future: an age of chaos like the one following the collapse of the Roman Empire; a multipolar order of nations in which America would be one great power among others; China becoming the dominant superpower; an age of global city-states; or a form of world government. A concluding section of the book explores how California-the eighth largest economy in the world and demographically and technologically among the most sophisticated spots on the planet-is already starting to move beyond the American Century. Thought-provoking and well argued, After America serves as an urgent catalyst to discussing America's evolving role in a dramatically changing world. Starobin's tone is sober but in the end hopeful-the world after America need not be a disaster for America, and it might even be liberating.
Following an insightful analysis of America's global ascendancy, Starobin explores five possible scenarios for the future: an age of chaos like the one following the collapse of the Roman Empire; a multipolar order of nations in which America would be one great power among others; China becoming the dominant superpower; an age of global city-states; or a form of world government. A concluding section of the book explores how California-the eighth largest economy in the world and demographically and technologically among the most sophisticated spots on the planet-is already starting to move beyond the American Century. Thought-provoking and well argued, After America serves as an urgent catalyst to discussing America's evolving role in a dramatically changing world. Starobin's tone is sober but in the end hopeful-the world after America need not be a disaster for America, and it might even be liberating.
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About the Author:
Paul Starobin is a staff correspondent for the National Journal and a contributing editor to the Atlantic Monthly.
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NATIONAL JOURNAL reporter Starobin chronicles his predictions of how the world's political situation could evolve if the influence of the United States wanes, a reality he sees as a strong possibility. Narrator Lloyd James lends a down-to-earth, approachable tone to an involved text with many lines of thought. His delivery helps the listener navigate Starobin's posited new realities, such as the emergence of city states as replacements for nation states in shaping the political influence and actions of geographical regions. Some of the concepts can be complex, but James helps make them accessible to the audiobook listener. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherTantor Audio
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1400143152
- ISBN 13 9781400143153
- BindingAudio CD
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