Is America in Decline?

Speaker: Walter Russell Mead
Chair: Professor Chris Brown
This event was recorded on 29 June 2009 in Old Theatre, Old Building
The rise of China and the global economic crisis have led many observers to speculate about whether the decline of American power, often predicted in the past, has now finally begun. The picture is more complex; a survey of world conditions suggests that while the American role is changing, the U.S. will continue to be a unique force in the international arena.

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[katheryncruz24]

Nice speech.

[KoyjoLtd]

this guy is a tit.....so what...america is feeling sorry for itself....big deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[calorus]

In addition: he points out that "Asia is less committed to addressing climate change than Europe" as if this denotes the fault line between East and West - skipping gaily over the obvious fact that the EU, China & Japan are doing by far the most to address this issue whilst the Americans' grotesque consumption continues unabated.

Perhaps most confusingly he dismisses the EU - the largest economic region on Earth, whose commercial integration is greater than the US's and just shy of China's.

[calorus]

Oscillates between the ridiculous and the offensive...

Firstly: he talks about American and European history as if they are somehow separate- "The US" having existed for 235 years.

He then groups Asia together as one homogeneous lump, in spite of the fact that it includes 4 entirely distinct groups and 5,000 years of history separation even between connected groups.

"Europe has a preference for fixed agreements ... Asian cultures prefer informal arrangements" Tell that to Confucius (or Italy).

[pjbrophy]

UK observer.

Pitiful.