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The strange decline of Pax Americana
It remains an economic and military power. The trouble lies elsewhere.
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It seems safe to say that the world no longer trusts US promises, and perhaps no longer fears US threats, the way it used to.
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Paul Krugman
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Like much of what the American right says these days, these smears were both vile and infantile. No, the United States president isn’t like the Green Lantern, able to shape world events through sheer force of will. And Mr Biden has in fact taken remarkably tough positions on foreign affairs, much more so than his predecessor.
