The Post-American World We have entered a new age of economic growth. Fareed Zakaria explains in his bestseller, “The Post-American World”, that we are currently experiencing the third power shift in 500 years. In “The Post-American World”, Zakaria shows us where America stands when compared to rapidly growing countries. America can no longer hold its position of acting director on the world stage with countries rapidly catching up. It is now America’s duty to provide suggestion pertaining to problems arising of rapid growth. We can no longer police the world. “The world is moving from anger to indifference, from anti-Americanism to post-Americanism. The fact that new powers are more strongly asserting their interests is the reality of the post-American world. It also raises the political conundrum of how to achieve international objectives in a world of many actors, state and nonstate.” (The Post-American World 2.0, Page 39) We have now entered the third of three power shifts. First, there was a shift of power to the western world during the Renaissance. We call this “Rise of the Western World.” Next, The United States became a global superpower during the Rise of the United States. The US dominated with its “secret sauce” consisting of enhanced global economics, capitalism, individual rights, science, technology, and education. Since The Rise of the United States, many countries have found their way to growth and modernization. Japan was the first to adopt western methods and soon the Asian Tigers followed. Now we have reached the third power shift; The Rise of the Rest. Jim O’Neil coined the terms BRIC and BRIC(S) after the rapidly upraising countries in our global economy. They include Brazil, Russia, India, China, and the newly added South Africa. These are the new competitors to the main stage. A rise of competitors becomes the theme that defines the