Creating the World 9/11: The Decline of the American Superpower

Instead of being in the driving seat of history, the elites of American politics are more aware of it They are also passengers. The costly bloody problems in Afghanistan and Iraq were accompanied by a historic financial crisis that shook the global economy. The United States has recovered better than many other developed countries, but an opening is necessary, as many politicians have been more preoccupied with the need to Home renovation and rebuilding calls for intervention abroad. “September 11th shattered the American pretense that the world is indispensable.” Stephen Werthem books From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “After two decades, the United States may become a nation among nations, no longer imposing its authority on others to get what it needs.”