America’s G-Zero Moment

In advance of the upcoming G-8 summit, it is impossible to overlook the fact that, for the first time in seven decades, the US cannot drive the global agenda or provide leadership on all of today’s most pressing problems. Paradoxically, this new environment is less troublesome – and even ripe with new opportunities – for the US.

NEW YORK – The 2008 financial crisis marked the end of the global order as we knew it. In advance of the upcoming G-8 summit, it is impossible to overlook the fact that, for the first time in seven decades, the United States cannot drive the international agenda or provide global leadership on all of today’s most pressing problems.

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