The World Without America
Like most temptations, the urge to gloat at America’s imperfections and struggles ought to be resisted, for America’s failure to deal with its internal challenges would come at a steep price. Indeed, the rest of the world’s stake in America's success is nearly as large as that of the US itself.
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NEW YORK – Let me posit a radical idea: The most critical threat facing the United States now and for the foreseeable future is not a rising China, a reckless North Korea, a nuclear Iran, modern terrorism, or climate change. Although all of these constitute potential or actual threats, the biggest challenges facing the US are its burgeoning debt, crumbling infrastructure, second-rate primary and secondary schools, outdated immigration system, and slow economic growth – in short, the domestic foundations of American power.