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What I aim to do with my response is question the premise of so much writing in foreign policy scholarship: which begins with the assumption that US stategic interests are all important, rather than, say, human rights.

With that out of the wya, let me ask a question regarding one other tatements. You say that US power may be vulnerabl as a result of the economic situation facing the world over. I am on the fense on this. Consider, interestingly, that IMF has seen a revivival from the economic collapse. In Spring 2008 its loan balance had shrunk from $80 billion to $20 billion in a four-year period and now it is largely revived largely because of the crisis.

Iagree that the age of American dominance is probably waning, but I would not say China and Russia will “easily” take the mantle.

But again, my major point is this: what country is the most powerful is something that US planners can discuss if they want; I wish foreign policy scholars would look at the world through a more humane lens.

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Our intent for this article and follow-on articles is stimulate interest in terms of the real world of political power. If America Superpower Status is to continue then America should become more aware of the realities of World of Power and Intrigue and not ignore the shifting sands of Political and Economic Power, which is more relevant than Military Power.

If we critically review the subject of Power then, at the present time, we can make the following comparisons, (a) American Superpower status is based on having some 5,000 nuclear weapons, which are static not dynamic assets. Being static, these weapons therefore have no direct affect on World Political or Economic Power, (b) A significant amount of Political Power can be attained by America’s ability to face, not ignore, potential advisories such as China and Russia and to counter every move that they make as one does in a chess game. Ignoring Russia, Putin, China and Jintai Hu is not a smart strategy for long term American survival. (c) Economic Power cannot be maintain if America cannot maintain a strong manufacturing base or by ignoring Putin when he clearly states that WWIV is and will be a Resource War.

Therefore what are the counter strategies

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Sure, eastern countries will leverage cooperation to improve thier own geopolitical situations. Is that a moral crime? If so, why not condemn NATO, and the multitude of of “free trade” pacts arragned by US and its allies.

The United States has used its own economic and military power — aggressively — to pursue duperpower status. Why not condemn that? Is it because we, as American, stand to benefit from the US being a world power? If so, are we, as Americans, simply entitled to a higher standard of living than people who live elsewhere? This reeks of the type of excecptionalism that has blinded Americans from the faults, and crimes of its own governments for quite some time.

I am no fan of the SCO. Obviosuly, Russia and China have attrocious human rights records. But the US has been the most violent country in the world — without questions – since World War 2, at least. This violence, by design, benefits our geostrategic position, and brings more business into US-based multinational corporations, but it could hardly be something to brag about — even if it does make us wealthy.

Further, the wealth you speak of has created lowly paying service sector jobs; real wages have stagnated despite enormoues economic growth in the last 30 years. Work hours are longer, benefits have nbeen smaller, poverty has risen, inequality has risen. All, as the US has leveraged, with the help of allies, to try and be the dominant country both economically and militarily.

It is a fool’s game to fault other countries for playing the same game, and blame them for now bending over and allowing US domination of the planet – -which, has done little good for humanity, the enviroment, or even, as I alluded, most working Americans.

A more osund strategy wouldbe to advocate for a a global community that has the world’s interests in mind — the abilityof all people to live with dignity and neccecities. Faulting other countries for trying to keep up the with US empire is not quite seeing the screen from the pixels; or, worst, as I said, represent a type of US exceptionalism that is all to pervasive in US media and academia.

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