America’s shrinking global prestige
By Nikolas Gvosdev & Ray Takeyh | November 30, 2006 | The Boston Globe
A disturbing and sobering but very insightful survey of the decline of US prestige along a timeline that stretches back to Vietnam. First author Nikolas Gvosdev is the Editor of The National Interest. Ray Takeyh is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and is the author of “Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic.”
The main point is, in their words: “…The goodwill and trust that America has historically enjoyed has evaporated. Today, the essential grand strategy, not only of countries like Russia and China — but even, at times, of some key European states as well — is to contain and impede, rather than support and enhance, the use of American power to reshape the global order.” …BS
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