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He explains the situation of the united states in view of arising new economic powers most noteably china and india. The posts claim that obama is zakarias fellow muslim doesnt hold up either. Zakaria, the host of cnns fareed zakaria gps and an editor at large for time magazine, charts the fall of americas dominance and the simultaneous rise of the rest of the world in his book. Topics fareed zakaria, the postamerican world collection opensource this is not a book about the decline of america, but rather about the rise of everyone else. It was published in hardcover and audiobook formats in early may 2008 and became available in paperback in early may 2009. Fareed zakaria has been called the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation esquire. The postamerican world audiobook by fareed zakaria.
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