The World 's Tallest Building And The Wealthiest Man From The United States

American culture was built on the idea of progress. Our society has focused on creating new technology, advancing the current systems, and these forces thrust the world towards globality, a world where countries are increasingly interconnected. To be clear, globalization isn’t a new phenomenon, but the technological advances of the postmodern era accelerated the path to globality, a world in which our current ideas of national borders are significantly different, much more fluid. Economics is just one facet of globalization, but unmistakable in the chosen image. Economic globalization refers to the complex system that our

At this point in time, the main actors in the international system are nation-states seeking an agenda of their own based on personal gain and national interest. Significantly, the most important actor is the United States, a liberal international economy, appointed its power after the interwar period becoming the dominant economy and in turn attained the position of hegemonic stability in the international system. The reason why the United States is dominating is imbedded in their intrinsic desire to continuously strive for their own national interest both political and economic. Further, there are other nature of actors that are not just nation-states, including non-states or transnational,

The current overwhelming dominance of the unprecedented modern American empire in the realm of world politics generally agreed upon by experts and scholars around the world. There is little to refute the argument that there is any state that comes close to the strength of the Americans in a vast number of areas, most notably economically and militarily. Present debate among experts in the field of international relations revolves around whether the Americans can maintain their primacy for upcoming generations. Robert Dujarric and William Odom, both experienced and respected scholars of international relations, declare in their 2004 work, “America’s Inadvertent Empire,” that America is in a solid position to keep a tight hold on its place at the top. Vividly explaining America’s path to dominance while emphasizing the current state of domination, the authors effectively present the abilities of the empire while also illustrating the potential threats that could bring it down.

Reaction: Zakaria claims that America has turned into a power mechanism to ruin other country’s status. Over the year, industrialization, wars, terrorist attacks, and more has had a big impact on how America has turned out. Zakaria’s sets a serious tone towards America’s economy. Technology changed the world, especially America. Although America is big at holding meetings and events, they are held in other countries. This tactic was made to help the other countries that are struggling.

Since the late 1980s America has been considered the superpower of the world. Most of all Americans still believe that the United States is economically the epitome of the globe. However, those Americans should be informed that the United States has entered the era of a global economy, where the “rest” of the countries are making extreme gains on America’s once held dominance. For many years all roads led to Washington, now they also run to London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Toronto. In Fareed Zakaria’s essay “The Rise of the Rest”, Zakaria employs a strong collaboration between what he claims as fact and how he appeals to the reader’s sense of logic. Zakaria uses this strategy of logos and facts multiple times to further his argument: The giant

There are faults within Zakaria’s argument. Throughout the book, assumptions are made on the likelihood of the prosperous future of the U.S. and emerging powers. These predictions are based on assumptions, therefore lack solid evidence. Zakaria builds his argument based on the assumption that America “will remain a vital, vibrant economy at the forefront of the next revolutions in science, technology and industry” (Zakaria 182). Although there are some statistics that can support this assumption, the future remains unpredictable. Furthermore, Zakaria weakens his credibility by including personal opinions in the book. Particularly the claims made towards India give insight to his bias towards India over China. Zakaria has undermined the economic

Throughout American history, America has wielded its power worldwide through the use of different means, changing foreign and world affairs, and the course of history. From the late 19th century, America rose as a world power through the addition of new colonies like Puerto Rico, and its actions and influence in the world wars that allowed America and its allies to win both wars, and America to emerge as a superpower. America justified its rise as a world power from the Spanish-American War through World War II as necessary to oversee the world and transmit their ideas of democracy, and to defend and protect America’s interests.

Both the authors agree that the west is most certainly the main superpower in the world today. There were arguments worldwide, that the cause for the poverty in communist and/or third-world countries was the result of the rise in Western prosperity and the West was therefore able to dictate the rules of the game. These factors, both in Totalitarian and Authoritarian states, began to bring China and Latin America down one by one. It could be seen that there was only one successful factor left on the world stage, Liberal Democracies.

In truth, its history dates back as far as the sixteenth century, following the first great expansion of European capitalism, which resulted in slave trade, colonialism and neo-colonialism (Ezema, 2009). Throughout history, world powers have continually sought to perpetuate their way of life: from the philosophy and mythology of the Greeks, the political ideologies and linguistics of the Romans, and the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance (Daghrir, 2013). Thus, it comes as no surprise that the aftermath of the post-war era, which saw the collapse of Soviet communism and the emergence of the United States as the sole hegemon, saw the aggressive spread of American ideals, values, and beliefs. Indeed, just as American goods flooded world markets in the post-World War II era; American culture now penetrates every continent through the aggressive development of mass communications, trade expansion and information technology.

In George Friedman’s book The Next Decade, he addresses the relationships between the United States and other countries around the world while highlighting the overall wellbeing of the International Relations standpoint throughout the 2010’s. Friedman also discusses the irony of “the empire and the republic” while examining several demographic, technological, and economic issues that will impact the 2010’s. Friedman explains that “the empire and the republic” is how the people and the republic hold a relationship with the empire and the government. The Next Decade is a inclusive and significant examination of the challenges and benefits of being the only superpower after the Cold War.

“America was conducting business as usual, but others were joining the game.” (Zakaria, 221). All this time we thought we were on top, we were actually slowly becoming less and less of leader and more a bystander as the rest of the world is slowly rising around us. Zakaria shows in that quote that as America has been continuing business like always, and because of this we have failed to realize our standing with the world around us. In the book The Post-American World, Zakaria shows us the challenges that America faces today. I believe the United States is most affected by our ignorance, competition, and worldly participation.

In his article, “The Future of the Liberal World Order”, John Inkenberry discusses what he sees as a global shift in power, from the Western and Northern powers such as the United States and Great Britain to the more Eastern and Southern developing states like China, India and Brazil. This potential shift in power has sparked a fear in many people. This fear, as the global power switches from West to East and North to South, stems from the thinking that these new nations that are coming to power will abolish the liberal world order that we all know. I however believe that instead of challenging the United States for power and changing the world order to more reflect their ideologies, these emerging nations will instead seek a greater position of leadership in the already existing world order. Firstly, I will provide an argument of Inkenberry’s main arguments and why realists’ have started to worry. Second, I will show how China is rising to threaten the United States superpower position in today’s world order, and finally I will illustrate ways which show that China is not challenging the Liberal World Order and why.

The Next Decade, a novel by George Friedman, talks about the predictions of countries in the upcoming decade and how the United States should react to the various challenges. The novel’s first major claim is that the United States is actually an empire, similar to how Rome and Great Brian were. However, unlike the previous empires, the United States refuses to acknowledge its status as an empire. “What makes the United States an empire is the number of countries it affects, the intensity of the impact, and the number of people in those countries affected.” The implication of this quote is that the US has gotten to be so large, if the US decided to draw out of global affairs, the impact would be detrimental. Instead of escaping its duty to the world, Friedman claims that the United States must acknowledge its status as an empire and function as such in order to maneuver the next decade. This claim is a wise claim made by Friedman, but it his only claim of worth in the novel. In The Next Decade, Friedman fails to make his thesis credible because he doesn’t his sources, provide logical arguments on his predications of the future, or examine alternative possibilities.

From this book Zakaria has taught me and all of of his other readers that big changes are coming. That history as we know it is slowly being rewritten as we know it. That what was seen as impossible even 10 years ago is a reality and we are living through it, how exciting! The United States won’t be the main superpower of the world, countries we would never expect to rise economically are rising the superpower penthouse is growing. Zaharia believes this Post-American world will

The current international system is fragmenting rapidly since the end of the Cold War. A lot of regions in the world are still trying to find the balance of power in the international system, which the U.S. often intervenes to provide its brand of “global leadership”. Some countries like China are emerging as a global power since a few years ago. Subsequently, this will lead to a major threat to the U.S. status as a global major power. The rise of power by China in the international scene signifies the unpredictable nature of the international system. I would argue that the three most critical challenges for the U.S. arising out of this environment are the future world globalization that will cause a conflict between its domestic and foreign policy, the rise of China as a global power, and the ever globalization of terrorism. I believe that the U.S. should be pragmatic in handling its foreign policy and handle each situation independently without a fix doctrine in order to minimize the unintended consequences produced by the globalization of the world.