After America, Paul Starobin
After America, Paul Starobin
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After America
Narratives for the Next Global Age

Author: Paul Starobin

Narrator: Lloyd James

Unabridged: 14 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/10/2009


Synopsis

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.

About Paul Starobin

Paul Starobin is a staff correspondent for the National Journal and a contributing editor to the Atlantic Monthly. He was Moscow bureau chief for Business Week from 1999 to 2003, and he has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and National Geographic. Paul lives in Falls Church, Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by The Angry Lawn Gnome on November 17, 2010

This audiobook sprawled across so many topics, nations, cultures, periods of history that a try to keep 'em short reviewer like myself is simply overwhelmed, raising a white flag and surrendering. I will say that Starobin is at his best when he acts as a reporter poking his nose into Chile, Turkey,......more

Goodreads review by Harron68 on May 29, 2019

Very much "FOOD FOR THOUGHT." It doesn't depend on if the reader is liberal, conservative, libertarian or whatever, the fact that globalization has grown since the end of WWII and Americans have also profited from it is proof. The recent reversal as nations turn inward in response to refugee influx......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on June 14, 2017

Starobin jams together topics, historical moments and futurism discussions into one book. The historical parts of this book are intriguing and well written. However, the book as a whole is a bit overwhelming and unorganized. The futurism discussion is a bit overreaching especially as the main theme......more

Goodreads review by Nila on February 22, 2019

This gives you food for thought.......more