Think Again: American Decline. This Time It's for Real. -- Gideon Rachman, Foreign Policy
This time it's different. It's certainly true that America has been through cycles of declinism in the past. Campaigning for the presidency in 1960, John F. Kennedy complained, "American strength relative to that of the Soviet Union has been slipping, and communism has been advancing steadily in every area of the world." Ezra Vogel's Japan as Number One was published in 1979, heralding a decade of steadily rising paranoia about Japanese manufacturing techniques and trade policies.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Areas to watch for progress (or a lack of) -- Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer
North Korea may continue provocations in early 2011 -- China Post
Who's dubious of China as superpower? The Chinese. -- Christina Larson, Foreign Policy
Taiwan’s surveillance role for US in doubt -- Jens Kastner, Asia Times
Down the nuclear rabbit hole -- Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz, L.A. Times
Killing Iran's Energy Industry -- Mark Dubowitz, Real Clear World
Rebooting our Iran policy for 2011 -- Brian Binley, The Washington Times
India’s New Position on UNSC Seen as Test for Permanent Membership -- Alana Goodman, Commentary Magazine
Only in Londonistan: The strange story of Gurukanth Desai, and Britain's war against jihadist terror -- Praveen Swami, The Telegraph
The U.S. is dangerously silent on human rights -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Richard Holbrooke's Legacy: The Power of Limited War -- Time Magazine
Let's Ban Ivy League ROTC -- Jed Babbin, American Spectator
Driving to the Future: Can China--and the World--Afford 2 Billion Cars? -- David Biello, Scientific American
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