Not To Mention The Fact

One Thing We Know: Things Will Become Even More Destabilized If We Don't Step Up Sino-u.s. Cooperation. If You Want To Envisage A Worst-case Scenario, It Is That Putin Reveals Step By Step The Inner Weaknesses Of The West, Particularly In Europe, And The Chinese See In That An Opportunity For Emulation In The Far East, And Then Step By Step Through A Gradual Process We Will Be Witnessing The Emergence Of Sino-russian Partnership In Favor Of A Drastic Change In The Global Balance Of Power.

The Scope Of America's Global Hegemony Is Admittedly Great, But Its Depth Is Shallow, Limited By Both Domestic And External Restraints.

There Is An Element Of Delusional Obsession In The French Political Elite's Preoccupation With The Notion That France Is Still A Global Power.

Hard Power Makes Sense Under Some Circumstances. But There's Not A Universal Solution To Global Problems. A Major Country Like The United States Has To Have A Broadly-conceived Program For Effective International Action, Influence And Cooperation With Others.

Moreover, As America Becomes An Increasingly Multi-cultural Society, It May Find It More Difficult To Fashion A Consensus On Foreign Policy Issues, Except In The Circumstance Of A Truly Massive And Widely Perceived Direct External Threat.