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    After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age
    After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age
    After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age
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    After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age

    Written by Paul Starobin

    Narrated by Lloyd James

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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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 10, 2009
    ISBN9781400183159
    After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age
    Author

    Paul Starobin

    Paul Starobin, a former Moscow bureau chief for Businessweek and former contributing editor of The Atlantic, has been writing about Russia and Russians for more than a quarter century. He is the author of three books, including After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age, and Madness Rules the Hour: Charleston, 1860 and the Mania for War. He has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Cape Cod, MA.

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      Weisman's World Without Us meets Klein's The Shock Doctrine. A phenomenal example of speculative nonfiction that accessibly assesses the rise and plateau of American global dominance and lays down several fascinating possibilities for the world's future. 1. Chaos 2. A Multi-Polar Order 3. China 4. Global City-States 5. World GovernmentStarobin is remarkably adept at examining those possibilities from several different angles and finding interesting anecdotes that illuminate each angle. A level analysis, and a truly thought-provoking one. Obama, take note!