"This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed 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.

法里德·扎卡利亚，一位拥有耶鲁大学、哈佛大学教育背景的国际趋势分析权成，一位针砭时事的国际专家，一位被公认为最有影响力的公共知识分子，一个敢于直言的新闻工作者。常常发表精辟犀利的国际关系分析，连美国前国务卿赖斯也赞誉他“熟悉世界每个地方”。

他是《新闻周刊》国际版的主编，还受邀在《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》等多家媒体刊物撰写文尊，是美国舆论界非常最重要的人物。