In his new and important book, The Post-American World, Zakaria persuasively develops the idea that the “world has moved on from anti-Americanism to post Americanism”. This is a world in which the United States still largely matters, but where much of the global actions and enterprises can be carried out independently of it. Here is an informative catalogue. The largest building of the world is in Taipei (Taiwan) and will be soon dethroned by the giant tower of Dubai. The greatest public company sits in Beijing. The world’s largest refinery is being constructed in India. The largest airliner is now European. The chief investment funds are concentrated in Abu Dhabi. The number one movie industry is located at Bollywood, not in Hollywood. If one believes Zakaria’s theory, the opening of the “rest of the world” ushers in the third fundamental change of the modern period. The first took place around the fifteenth century, leading the way with technological advance to the industrial revolution and capitalism. The second, which occurred at the nineteenth century, marked the apex of the United States, domination without any equivalent in History. If this reasoning is sound, then America is now poised to enter the era of the partnership with the “rest of the world”.