1. Among Very Serious People the real argument for American global hegemony is not freedom or democracy but stability.
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2. The American Empire, the Grown Ups assure us in private, has flaws but without it, we'd have a return to international jungle of 1930s
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3. I have to confess I used to take the stability argument for American Empire seriously & feared return of inter-imperial rivalries.
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4. Here's the thing, tho: if you look at record of the 21st century, USA empire hardly seems like a pillar of stability. Quite the reverse!
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5. Look at the record: Iraq War, 2008 financial meltdown & President Trump. Is this what a superpower promoting stability does?
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6. A stability-promoting superpower would've used 9/11 to create global alliance against Al Qaida. Instead we got Iraq invasion.
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7. It was reckless of American casino capitalism that plunged world in recession in 2008, whose aftereffects we're still living with.
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8. And President Trump is a destabilizing force in countless ways (erratic, mixed messages from POTUS & staff, & alt-right alliances).
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9. Or take Climate Change, a urgent issue requiring international leadership. Is USA stabilizing or destabilizing on climate?
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10. A lot of America's "soft-power" is rooted in consent -- a widely shared sense that USA leadership serves wider interest. That's fading.
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11. One way to understand Obama's foreign policy was it was effort to rebuild soft-power to give USA primacy new lease on life.
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12. Claim of USA as stability promoter depends heavily on question who is an anomaly: Obama or Trump? That's not clear.
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13. Obama's been talking to world leaders. Suspect his message is: "Don't worry about Trump. He'll be gone soon & USA will return to normal"
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