America s Superpower Status Of The Middle East And Latin...

In my opinion, America is a declining power as a result of imperial over-reach. It is commonly believed that the United States is experiencing the decline of its global power. According to Christopher Layne, Distinguished Professor of International Affairs and Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, argues that global power is shifting from West to East, leading to an American decline in influence and loss of global dominance. Those who support the notion that America’s superpower status is fading often argue due to its policies in the Middle East and Latin America, America lost its soft power influence over other countries. The war in Iraq is widely considered a failure that†¦show more content†¦Besides, the U.S. economy still hasn’t fully recovered from the 2008 financial collapse, while other countries such as China, India, Brazil, and Turkey are becoming stronger in terms of their economies and militar ies. There are also several consideration which are a moral slide, no genuine threat like the Soviet Union and a government that is far too large. As the moral slide, America has diversity, tolerance, compassion, and niceness so much that those traits practically make up the core of a left-wing pseudo-religion because they re among the very few areas where we ve morally surpassed previous generations of Americans. However, it s worth asking how you think modern Americans compare to previous generations on traits like charity, chastity, duty, Godliness, honesty, honour, industriousness, respect for authority, work ethic, and self-reliance. Most people would agree that modern Americans don t even come close to measuring up. Next, there is no genuine threat like the Soviet Union. While Ronald Reagan s defeat of the Soviet Union freed hundreds of millions of people and neutralized a terrible threat to America and the world, it did have one rather significant negative effect: It made Ame ricans very complacent. For example, during the Cold War, it seems almost unimaginable that America would have discontinued its manned space program.