The Future of American Power

Foreign Affairs by Fareed Zakaria | Apr. 25, 2008 (Special Report)

Through shrewd strategic choices and some sophisticated diplomacy, Britain was able to maintain and even extend its influence for decades. In the end, however, it could not alter the fact that its power position -- its economic and technological dynamism -- was fast eroding. Britain declined gracefully -- but inexorably. The United States today faces a problem that is quite different. The U.S. economy (despite its current crisis) remains fundamentally ... Full Story »

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Roland F. Hirsch
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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece has little journalistic value. The author is poorly informed about history and evidently did no research, and thus draws parallels with Great Britain that would be ridiculed by anyone who has had a freshman college course in world history. The liberation of Iraq has exactly zero parallel with the Boer War. Zero. The U.S. has no colonies. The U.S. policies are increasingly in favor around the world, with recent elections of strong supporters in Italy, South Korea, Taiwan, and France, and earlier ones in which anti-U.S. leaders were replaced by pro-U.S. leaders too numerous to list. India is more closely allied with the Bush administration than with any previous one. The list of differences with Great Britain goes on and on.

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