Stuart Gottlieb
According to nearly every hard indicator of global power it certainly appears the case. And while America’s soft power leadership of liberal values and institutions has been set back under Trump, the United States remains the world’s preeminent liberal democracy and the only one capable of shaping the direction of world affairs.
This is America’s third “unipolar moment” since 1945, along with the early post-Cold War. It offers Washington another opportunity to help fashion a world that safeguards America’s interests and values, along with stabilizing leadership. To succeed, it must contain the core elements of the Cold War era—strong U.S. military deterrence matched with global economic primacy—without the neoliberal “end of history” overreach of the 1990s. With the right mix of prudence and pragmatism, the United States is poised to remain the pivotal player of the 21st century
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