The Post-American World: Release 2.0 (35 page)

East Asian Summit, 133

East Germany, 24, 244

East Indies, 79

East Timor, 245

Eberstadt, Nicholas, 213, 214n

economic risk, 43–44

Ecuador, 44

education, 48, 58, 82–83, 108–9, 134, 155, 157–58, 160, 161, 187, 204–12, 215, 218–19, 225, 233

efficiency, 32, 152, 212, 228, 283

Egypt, 8, 11, 12, 23, 84

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 199, 254

ElBaradei, Mohamed, 175

elections, U.S.:

of 1984, 251

of 1992, 245

of 2008, 276

electricity, 33

Emory-Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Center for Personalized and Predictive Oncology, 201

energy resources, 30–34, 38, 128, 131, 176, 232, 233

Engels, Friedrich, 85

engineers, 204–8

English language, 81, 85, 92–93, 96, 151, 167, 168, 173, 186–87, 224

Enlightenment, 122–25

Enron Corp., 221

entitlements, government, 216, 219, 241

entrance exams, 205–6, 210–12

entrepreneurship, 108, 193, 199

environmental issues, 32–34, 40, 42, 85, 111

EP-3 plane incident (2001), 135

Epic of America, The (Adams), 237

equities, 202

Erickson, John, 37

Essai sur les moeurs (Voltaire), 123

Essay on the Principle of Population, An (Malthus), 70

Ethiopia, 130

“Eurabia,” 16

Europe:

agriculture in, 70

balance of power in, 4, 257, 266–67

colonialism of, 36, 37, 57, 60, 65, 78–83, 129, 156, 162–63, 195

cultural influence of, 1–5, 16, 38–39, 41, 62–99, 126–27

Eastern, 222, 260

economies of, 32, 46–47, 212–13, 221, 222, 233, 245

education in, 207–8, 210

fertility rate of, 213, 215

foreign investment by, 80, 212

foreign trade of, 78, 212

geography of, 76, 77

global influence of, 52–53, 232–33, 245, 253

health care in, 212

immigration to, 16, 224, 280

industrialization of, 87, 104, 262

military forces of, 13, 173, 245, 247, 251, 267

Muslim communities of, 16, 280

Europe (continued)

parliamentary system of, 234

Pershing missiles in, 251

population of, 66, 80

postwar, 20, 49–50

poverty in, 80

privatization in, 222

productivity of, 200, 212

religious attitudes in, 122–25

Roman rule of, 77

technology sector of, 68–70, 123, 200–202, 208

unemployment rate of, 212

U.S. relations with, 244–45, 251–85

see also specific countries

European Union, 5, 52, 92–93, 105, 111, 131, 136, 141, 224, 240

euros, 267

“Eurozone,” 212–13, 221

Fallows, James, 202–3

Falun Gong, 113

family values, 92, 93

famine, 67, 70

fascism, 36, 195, 255, 275–76

fashion, 88

fatwas, 14, 15

Federal Reserve, 26

fengshui, 126

Ferguson, Niall, 81, 140, 190

Ferris wheel, 3

fertility rates, 148, 213, 214–15

feudalism, 99, 193

Figaro, 187

film industry, 90, 94, 147, 153–55

financial markets, 7, 17, 72, 109–10, 217, 219–22

Financial Times, 139

“five keys,” 194–95

“flat world” concept, 27

Flynn, Stephen, 279

follow-on equity offerings, 202

food prices, 21, 30, 67, 70

Forbidden City, 71, 103

Ford Motor Co., 104

Foreign Affairs, 114, 230, 235

foreign aid, 129–32, 133, 135, 155

foreign exchange, 105, 222, 241–42

foreign investment, 27, 80, 104–5, 108, 153, 202–3, 212, 219

foreign trade, 21, 24–25, 36, 57–58, 69, 78, 102, 104–5, 129–32, 133, 200, 212, 216, 217, 229, 280–83

Fortune, 204

Foster, Norman, 152

Foxconn, 229

France:

colonies of, 79, 80

culture of, 91, 95

democracy in, 116–17

economy of, 24, 36, 116–17, 152, 191, 192

foreign policy of, 125, 130

global influence of, 117, 240

infrastructure of, 152

labor force of, 226

nuclear weapons of, 174

technology sector of, 201

U.S. relations with, 251, 252–53

Frederick II, King of Prussia, 124

French Revolution, 116, 123

Friedman, Thomas, 27, 50

Fuchs, Thomas, 123

Fukuzawa, Yukichi, 84, 86

“Future of European Universities, The,” 207–8

G-7 countries, 49, 55

G-8 countries, 40–41

G-20 summits, 26, 55

Galileo Galilei, 68

Gama, Vasco da, 62

Gandhi, Indira, 165, 167, 169, 180, 274

Gandhi, Mohandas K., 36, 89, 147, 163–64, 173–74

Gandhi, Rajiv, 158

Gandhi, Sonia, 159

Gates, Bill, 109, 155, 204

General Electric, 100, 104, 258

General Motors, 104, 149, 225, 230, 244

Genesis, Book of, 172

geography, 76

George III, King of England, 69

Georgia, 260

Gerges, Fawaz, 14

German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 24, 244

Germany:

economy of, 20, 25, 38, 40, 118, 192

global influence of, 10, 38, 53, 117, 118, 121, 176, 256, 257, 261, 266–67

gross domestic product (GDP) of, 58, 191

Imperial, 186n, 192, 195, 257, 261, 266–67

industrialization of, 20, 193

labor force of, 226

military spending of, 241

navy of, 186n, 195

Nazi, 10, 25, 36–37, 143, 266, 275

reunification of, 244, 245

taxation in, 223

technology sector of, 201

U.S. relations with, 244, 245, 251

Gibraltar, 195

Gibraltar Strait, 239–43

Gilpin, Robert, 127

Gingrich, Newt, 276

Giuliani, Rudy, 276, 277

Glimpses of World History (Nehru), 163

global economic crisis (2008–2009), xi–xiii, 2, 21–22, 42–49, 51, 55

globalization, 6–61

agriculture and, 21, 30, 31, 32–33, 65–67, 70, 71–72, 100, 106, 112, 136, 151, 160

capital markets in, 21, 24–25, 48, 200, 219–22

competition in, 212–13, 225–26, 243–50

cultural impact of, 1–5, 38–39, 41, 62–99, 126–27

demographics of, 212–16

economic conditions of, 6–61, 93–94, 97, 197–99, 217, 241–43, 255

energy resources and, 30–34

environmental impact of, 33–34, 40, 85, 111

expansion of, 19–23, 29–34

free markets in, 23–29, 57–58, 59–60, 217, 242, 259

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

identity and, 41

impact of, on U.S. unemployment, xiii

international organizations and, 5, 24, 40–41

labor markets in, 27–28, 206, 228–29

language of, 92–93

mass media in, 9, 16, 27, 95, 96, 209

military destabilization and, 6–10, 140, 142–43

modernization and, 16, 35, 39, 86–90, 94–95

multinational focus of, 1–5

nationalism and, 34

nuclear proliferation in, 174–78

political impact of, 19–20, 22–23, 29, 31–42, 52, 93–94, 99, 127–28, 137–44, 241–42

in post-American world, see post-American world

poverty rate in, 3, 22

regional powers in, 257–63

technology in, xiii, 27, 200–202, 219, 224–25, 228–32

terrorism and, 10–19, 29, 34, 59, 264

U.S. as superpower in, 4, 49–61, 117, 120, 142–44, 182–83, 223–85