The United States And Decline

In the 21st century, America faces various threats and challenges to its authority as a growing world power. These threats and challenges help define America’s role as a growing world power in the 21st century. As a large nation, America faces a plethora of issues and continues to compete against other world powers. America today is plagued with various economic, social, political, and military problems, with little or no simple or practical solutions available.

The current overwhelming dominance of the unprecedented modern American empire in the realm of world politics generally agreed upon by experts and scholars around the world. There is little to refute the argument that there is any state that comes close to the strength of the Americans in a vast number of areas, most notably economically and militarily. Present debate among experts in the field of international relations revolves around whether the Americans can maintain their primacy for upcoming generations. Robert Dujarric and William Odom, both experienced and respected scholars of international relations, declare in their 2004 work, “America’s Inadvertent Empire,” that America is in a solid position to keep a tight hold on its place at the top. Vividly explaining America’s path to dominance while emphasizing the current state of domination, the authors effectively present the abilities of the empire while also illustrating the potential threats that could bring it down.

America is currently a very large super power which was the result of the last 50 years. Over the next fifty years I do see america stepping down from its superpower title and continue declining. I would characterize America’s future as this because we no longer grow now all we do is expand and improve upon. Which is exactly what Fareed Zakaria was saying in the article “Are America’s Best Days Behind Us?” in the section “The perils of success, the author states “Britain, having won the war, slipped into deep stagnation, while Germany, the loser, grew powerfully year after year. Britain's fall was even more perplexing considering that it was the creator of the Industrial Revolution and was the world's original economic superpower.” Which is what I believe will happen to america, we will begin to decline unless we correct the domestic issues we have. I am somewhere in between, i’m hopeful we can correct all the issues we need to correct in order to stay on top but i’m also fearful for what might come if we do not. If we correct the issues we can begin growing again and stay on top as a superpower. If we don’t correct the domestic issues we have, we will decline and crisis that hit our country will dwarf us just as Zakaria had mentioned in the same article “When the financial crisis hit nations such as Greece and Ireland, it dwarfed

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America may be a relatively young nation, turning 240 years old this year, but in its short existence, it has had a powerful influence over world affairs, for better or worse. George Washington once said, “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” However, since his presidency, the United States’ position in the world has steered from a steely isolationist stance to one open and hungry for involvement in the matters of other countries. America craved land and power to bolster itself and utilized foreign policy to do so, shifting towards an imperialist position. However, this change in foreign policy resulted

Americans are known for our high standard of living, but many Americans are not aware that the United States money is borrowed. Annually Americans are making the nation’s debt bigger and bigger. Due to the ignorance of many American’s, the United States is in decline. In Andrew Romano’s NEWSWEEK article How ignorant are Americans, states that “gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship test—38 percent failed. The country’s future is imperiled by our ignorance.” Just under half the test takers are unable to answer basic questions of how the United Sates became as what it has.

In 2013, The United States spent over $737 billion on its military, at a time where the country is in an economic crisis. The United States spends more money on the military then most of the world combined, it’s no secret that the U.S is known as the world’s police. What are the consequences that will come with this, the American citizens are already feeling the effects of modern imperialism. In order to maintain the world police status, the United Sates continues to make cuts toward the infrastructure and the economy. American roadways, schools, social services, emergency services and the environment are

The theory of American Exceptionalism has been around for decades and outlines what makes the United States so unique based on our governmental structure and our willingness to defend accordingly. Recently, there have multiple claims that America is not the superpower it once was based on its unwillingness to become involved in many foreign affairs. Many believe that instead of America taking care of their responsibilities as the number one democratic superpower, they are admitting defeat by not tackling these international issues. There have also been multiple attacks on America’s model of democracy and how even a democracy as strong and stable as ours has encountered dilemmas amongst its economic, political and cultural sectors. American power is being put into question and the idea of globalization either positively or negatively affecting this power is up for debate. Based on Americas past disputes pertaining involvement in international relations, Americas role in world affairs should continue to be less active. Getting involved will eventually lead to weakening of democratic principles thus ending our exceptionalist nature and moving us into declination.

“America was conducting business as usual, but others were joining the game.” (Zakaria, 221). All this time we thought we were on top, we were actually slowly becoming less and less of leader and more a bystander as the rest of the world is slowly rising around us. Zakaria shows in that quote that as America has been continuing business like always, and because of this we have failed to realize our standing with the world around us. In the book The Post-American World, Zakaria shows us the challenges that America faces today. I believe the United States is most affected by our ignorance, competition, and worldly participation.

A common trope within international relations that is often discussed by analysts and average individuals alike, is the “inevitable” decline of American power. Delving into this trope in his book, IS THE AMERICAN CENTURY OVER?, Joseph S. NYE, JR, argues that the period of American pre-eminence in military, economic, and soft power resources is not over (116). In structuring his argument, Nye first analyzes Europe, Japan, Brazil, and India and their potential role in challenging America’s ability to maintain an international order. Then, Nye turns his attention towards China, and comparatively analyzes its military, economic, and soft power to that of the United States. Conversely, Nye explores potential American responses to China’s

The United States of America is today a super power nation that controls major activities in the entire globe. However, despite her superior status there are several historical social-economic issues that taint her image in the international platform. To

energy output comes on top of an increasingly inspired manufacturing base. This is from the increased “reshoring” of previously outsourced jobs. China’s cost advantages are quickly being downgraded by rising wages, land prices, corruption and shipping costs. This makes U.S. labor more competitive and prompting companies, like Apple to Toyota, to return operations to the U.S.. The U.S. already makes about 20 percent of the world’s goods. This is almost equal to China. Joel Kurtzman, former editor of the Harvard Business Review, says, “Now they will make more”. This is because businesses move to the United States to take advantage of abundant energy and capital and tap into our vast reserves of intelligence and creativity. States such as Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina, hit hardest by layoffs and spare capacity during the recent recession, are quickly becoming the prime targets for a renewed manufacturing sector. The “reshoring” trend and increased exports could trim $100 billion from the U.S. trade deficit. “...trade and budget deficits will shrink in real terms, and cease to dominate the political discourse.” (Morris). Unemployment should also continue to drop. When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, the unemployment rate was 7.4 percent, but the jobless rate sank to 3.9 percent. This can similarly happen soon since the unemployment percent was higher in 1993 than it is now. As one can see, there is a high chance of there being an American

According to Nye (2004), America has huge resources that can provide soft power specially if considering its economic capacity which contributes to its reputation wealth and attractiveness. Nye (2004) states that America's openness to all races and religious of immigrants, its exports of films and television programmes, its education system, its rule of law among other things have contributed to the rise of the global statue of the United States. However as Nye (2004) argues, despite all the resources it has, America has seen its attractiveness declined in recent years. This is happening because of the political decisions they have made to invade other countries in order to follow their self interest and as a result their foreign policy has

National economics are often adversarial in nature, a global contest where countries seek to gain advantage over their neighbors, all in the name of wealth and gain. America is no stranger to the game; the U.S. has been the world’s economic leader for the better part of a century. China, however, is the leading contender for the economic top-spot (), and America continues playing directly into China’s hand. America’s current trading posture with China is drastically skewed in China’s favor; if America is going to preserve its position as the leading economic power, existing U.S.-Chinese trading agreements will need to be revised, and additional regulations must be introduced to promote balanced dealing.

“China Rising” is a non-arguable fact and the one of the most important subjects in the twenty-first century. The rise of China is a relative threat to the neighboring regions or other great powers. Further, some scholars also comment that China either will replace or has already superseded the United State as the world’s only superpower. China’s growth is too rapid and massive that other nations have limited or no opportunity to compete with. In the other hand, others argue that confits between two nations are avoidable. For example, economic exchange between the United States and China increased dramatically after the 1970s. The economic interdependence lowers the intension for China to create clashes with the United States. In