http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Banner_686X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner_234X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250 http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo-Watermark_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner-ALT_234X60.jpg Bigthink http://www.bigthink.com/feed/rss/comment/idea/10392 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:38:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bigthink.com/the-world/10392 Is the "American dominance" the world is struggling to overcome the product of a particular ideology, like neoconservatism, or is it just what happens anytime a single country has preponderant power the way the U.S. has now? If it's the latter then what is the alternative? There has to be some coercive capability in the world to maintain order. The Europeans don't want to do it, and the other possible contenders probably wouldn't handle overwhelming power any better than the U.S. does. Isn't this ultimately a domestic issue for the United States? (I.e. we have to recognize that our enlightened self-interest is to advance a more human-rights-friendly foreign policy) Bigthink Thu, 15 May 2008 16:57:45 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/the-world/10392/#17399