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  • Jake Wobig replied on 08:57 AM on May 15, 2008
    Is the "American dominance" the world is struggling to overcome the product of a particular ideology, like neoconservatism, or is it just what happens anytime a single country has preponderant power the way the U.S. has now? If it's the latter then what is the alternative? There has to be some coercive capability in the world to maintain order. The Europeans don't want to do it, and the other possible contenders probably wouldn't handle overwhelming power any better than the U.S. does. Isn't this ultimately a domestic issue for the United States? (I.e. we have to recognize that our enlightened self-interest is to advance a more human-rights-friendly foreign policy)
  • Jake Wobig replied on 12:57 PM on May 15, 2008
    Is the "American dominance" the world is struggling to overcome the product of a particular ideology, like neoconservatism, or is it just what happens anytime a single country has preponderant power the way the U.S. has now? If it's the latter then what is the alternative? There has to be some coercive capability in the world to maintain order. The Europeans don't want to do it, and the other possible contenders probably wouldn't handle overwhelming power any better than the U.S. does. Isn't this ultimately a domestic issue for the United States? (I.e. we have to recognize that our enlightened self-interest is to advance a more human-rights-friendly foreign policy)

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