The World After America
By Piri ·
As the U.S. war with Iran drags on, Christopher Caldwell argues in The New York Times that America is an empire in decline, overextended like Britain in 1945. He warns that Trump’s intervention has accelerated the erosion of U.S. global power, with America’s share of world output now at 15 percent versus China’s 20 percent.
Chapters
- Limits of U.S. Power and British Empire
- Prediction of U.S. Imperial Decline
- Historical Patterns of Imperial Decline
- Economic Dimensions of U.S. Decline
- Geopolitical Control of Eurasia
- Trump's Foreign Policy Weakens U.S. Position
- Energy Innovation and Imperial Rise and Fall
- Multipolar World and Regional Conflicts
- Fading Institutions and Humanitarian Principles
- Nuclear Risks and Requiem for Pax Americana
Adapted from Alfred W. McCoy.