The rise of the rest its true china is booming russia is growing more assertive terrorism is a threat but if america is losing the ability to dictate to this new world it has not lost the ability to lead americans are glum at the moment no i mean really glum. Fareed zakarias essay dissects polls that showed at the time a general feeling of dissatisfaction among americans with their countrys growth he tries to look at factors that address this. These agendas would go against the rise of globalization and market based economies which are emerging in the nations that constitute the rise of the rest zakaria believes that all concerned. To zakaria the idea of the rise of the rest is the idea that the united states should not feel that it is losing its power he says that americans tend to feel that they are falling behind and