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The Post-American World - Fareed Zakaria [136]

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of, 188

one-child policy, 148, 214n

O’Neill, Thomas P. “Tip,” 179, 284

Opium Wars, 81

Organization of American States (OAS), 268

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 30

Orissa, 155

Ottoman Empire, 67, 68, 73, 75, 82, 84, 85, 117–18

outsourcing, 27–28, 50, 148, 203

“Pacific Century,” 245

Pakistan, 12, 13, 14, 145, 159, 165, 166, 172, 176, 241, 260, 263, 264, 271

Palestinians, 6, 246

Pampers diapers, 105

Parsley crisis (2002), 239–41

Patriots Alliance, 135

Patten, Christopher, 248–49

“peaceful rise,” 119–20, 127–36

peasants, 65–66, 100, 106, 112

Pei, Minxin, 106, 110

pensions, 212

Perejil Island, 239–41

Perry, William, 265

Pershing missiles, 251

Persian Gulf, 32

Peru, 26

Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 83–84

petrochemicals, 32

Pew Global Attitudes Survey, 59, 122, 166, 226

Philippines, 11, 28, 133

Philosophical Dictionary (Voltaire), 123

Pilhofer, Aron, 220

Pines, Burton, 235

Pinker, Steven, 9

Pitt, William, 82

Pizarro, Francisco, 80

platinum, 131

Plaza Accord meetings, 282

plutonium, 176

polar ice caps, 33

political parties, 59, 154, 156–62, 178, 179–80, 235, 255, 276–77, 278, 279, 283

“political risk,” 19

Poos, Jacques, 245

population growth, 22, 31, 32–33, 50–51, 66, 80, 100, 112, 144, 145, 148, 178–83, 191, 213–16, 236–37

Portugal, 69, 79, 80, 116, 151

“positive supply shocks,” 20

post-American world:

anti-Americanism and, 13, 35, 39, 42, 60, 166, 241, 245, 251–55, 274, 283

asymmetry in, 142–44, 269–72

cultural change in, 1–5, 16, 39, 41, 62–99, 126–27

economic conditions in, 6–61, 93, 94, 97, 197–99, 241–43, 255

future trends for, 1–5, 94–99, 199–203, 204, 239–85

legitimacy in, 243–50, 273–75

multilateralism in, 246–55, 267–69

nationalism in, 34–42, 101, 134–35, 143, 145, 158–59, 180–83, 192, 274

power shift in, 20, 22–23, 29, 34–42, 47–49, 51–54, 93–94, 99, 127–28, 137–44, 241–42, 259, 266–67

“rise of the rest” in, xii, 1–5, 47, 55–56, 65, 96–97, 99, 101, 199, 219–22, 242, 257–59, 263, 267–69, 285

strategic approach to, 142–44, 255–75

unipolar vs. multipolar order of, 1–5, 39, 52–53, 233, 241–42, 243–50, 264–65, 266–69, 274–75

U.S. global role in, xii, 4, 48–61, 117, 120, 142–44, 182–83, 223–26, 235–85

see also globalization

postindustrial economies, 151, 200, 204

poverty, 3, 22, 65–66, 100, 102, 106, 111, 113–14, 117, 121, 146, 149, 150, 155–58, 169, 177

Powell, Colin, 240

Pratt School of Engineering, 205

Premji, Azim, 155

price levels, 21, 30, 67, 70, 128

private property, 73, 150

private sector, 148–53, 160–61

privatization, 107, 110, 150–51, 152, 153, 222

Procter & Gamble, 105, 151

product development, 202–3

productivity, 21, 30, 33, 50, 71–72, 160, 200, 212, 281, 282, 283

profit, 72, 80, 128, 200, 203

Protestantism, 81, 97–98, 125, 262

Prussia, 191

Pudong financial district, 102–3

Punjab, 180

purchasing power parity (PPP), 18n, 21, 66n, 113n, 148n, 198n

qi (energy), 126

Qienlong, Emperor of China, 69

Qing dynasty, 63–64, 81

quotas, 109

Raffles, Stamford, 185

Rajasthan, 180

Ramo, Joshua Cooper, 142–43

Ranbaxy, 153

Ratner, Ely, 38

Rattner, Steven, 230

Reagan, Ronald, 168, 251, 284

real estate, 43, 85, 152, 217, 218, 225

recessions, 25, 227, 232

regional governments, 145, 161, 178–83

regional powers, 257–63

Reisen, Helmut, 281

Reliance Industries, 149, 153

religion, 15–16, 74, 76, 80, 81, 87, 98, 122–25, 127, 169, 171, 172, 213, 262, 278

Renaissance, 68

Report of Phihihu (Frederick II), 124

Republican Party, 59, 235, 276–77, 278, 280–81

reserve currency, 267

“responsible stakeholders,” 257

retail sector, 203

Revolutionary War, U.S., 194

Rhine River, 77

Ricci, Matteo, 124–25

Rice, Condoleezza, 252–53

Richie, Donald, 92

Rig Veda, 171

Rise of the Great Nations, The, 120

Rivoli, Pietra, 203

Roach, Steven, 282

Roberts, J. M., 74

Rodrik, Dani, 139

rogue states, 18–19, 38, 190, 276

Roman Empire, 67, 77, 128, 184, 187–88, 193, 240, 261–62

Romney, Mitt, 276

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 120, 168, 196, 253–54, 275

Roosevelt, Theodore, 120, 182

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 123

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