If you feel like you are being exposed to a lot of Fareed Zakaria these days, it's no accident. Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International and host of a new foreign affairs show coming soon to CNN, has a brand-new book, "The Post-American World" (see SAJAforum mention of the book launch, starring Henry Kissinger) and he's everywhere.
UPDATE: The book's publicist, Rachel Salzman at W.W. Norton reports that it debuts at #11 on the NYT bestseller list for the week of May 11. Meanwhile:
- The cover story this week's Newsweek is adapted from the book (click to magnify).
- Video of his conversation with Charlie Rose on May 1 (video below, too)
- Video of his conversation with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" on May 5 (video below, too)
- Video of him talking about the book on Newsweek.com.
- Video of his appearance of the local Fox station in NYC.
- See May 11 SAJAforum roundup of Zakariapalooza.
Reviews are sprouting all over the place (some are below). He's also going to be in several cities during May. See the full tour info below. What do you think? Post your comments and thoughts below.
From FareedZakaria.com:
In his new book, The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria argues that the "rise of the rest" is the great story of our time.
This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The Future of Freedom, Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, orchestrate geopolitics, or overwhelm cultures. He sees the "rise of the rest"—the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, and many others—as the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, largest-selling movies, and most advanced cell phones are all being built outside the United States. This economic growth is producing political confidence, national pride, and potentially international problems. How should the United States understand and thrive in this rapidly changing international climate? What does it mean to live in a truly global era? Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.
Reviews:
- The New Yorker
"After America" by Ian Buruma
"Zakaria, who is judicious, reasonable, smooth, intelligent...points out that, aside from some pockets of backwardness, the whole world has been getting much richer. Global capitalism has been a huge success." - The New York Times
"Challenge for the US: Sun Rising on the East" by Michiko Kakutani
"Mr. Zakaria uses his wide-ranging fluency in economics, foreign policy and cultural politics to give the lay reader a lucid picture of a globalized world (and America’s role in it) that is changing at light speed, even as he provides a host of historical analogies to examine the possible fallout of these changes."
Fareed Zakaria's U.S. Book Tour
SAJA members in the following
cities are invited to meet Zakaria: Boston, Chicago, DC, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, and
Houston. Here's the schedule of events. All are open to the public, however,
some are ticketed events. More information can be obtained from the
sponsors of each event.
Boston
May 8
7 pm
First Parish Church Meeting House in Harvard Square
Fareed Zakaria and Niall Ferguson discuss THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Sponsored by Harvard Bookstore
Tickets available at the Harvard Bookstore
Chicago
May 13
6 pm
Hilton Hotel
Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosts
Fareed Zakaria, who will speak about THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
More information available from the Chicago Council
Washington, DC
May 15
7 pm
Politics and Prose Bookstore
Los Angeles
May 20
7 pm
Los Angeles Public Library
Fareed Zakaria and Reza Aslan discuss THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
More information available from the Los Angeles Public Library
Seattle
May 21
7 pm
Town Hall Seattle
University Bookstore and Seattle World Affairs Council host
Fareed Zakaria, who will speak about THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
San Francisco
May 27
6 pm
Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, Gold Room
Sponsored by The Commonwealth Club
More information available from the Commonwealth Club
Houston
May 28
7 pm
Westin Galleria Hotel
Sponsored by Brazos Bookstore, Houston World Affairs Council, and Houston Asia Society
More information available from Brazos Bookstore
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