Thursday, February 14, 2008

How America Can Be a Superpower the World Respects

By Jason Marsh, Greater Good
Posted on February 13, 2008, Printed on February 14, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/76252/

An interview with foreign policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter by Jason Marsh.

"World's only superpower" -- that's the title bestowed on the United States for the last two decades. It has a nice ring to it, but what does it mean today?

"Measured by economic statistics and military might, our power is greater than ever," writes foreign policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter in her recent book, The Idea That Is America. "But measured by the commonsense measure of whether we can get others to do what we want them to do, we have clearly lost ground since the Cold War."

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