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After America.
Every so often, a grand thesis captures the world's imagination, at least until it is swept away by events or by a newer, more plausible thesis. The latest one to do so, in policy think tanks, universities, foreign ministries, corporate boardrooms, editorial offices, and international conference centers, is that America's time of global dominance is finished, and that new powers, such as China, India, and Russia, are poised to take over. It's an idea that has had as much currency within the United States as elsewhere.
All great empires set too much store by predictions of their imminent demise. Perhaps, as the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy suggested in his poem ...
- China's challenge to the United States and to the earth.
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Chang, Parris H. March 4, 2002 700+ words
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