Pax Americana Articles

The Global Power Shift from West to East

Christopher Layne | Apr 25, 2012
Pax Americana and the age of Western dominance are fading. Washington can manage this decline, but first it must acknowledge its reality. History moves forward with a crushing force and does not wait for the unprepared.

Made in America

Carl J. Schramm | Apr 20, 2010
America still retains its innovative edge over China and India. But as long as Washington continues to handpick winners and losers, our preeminence is in jeopardy.

Empire Falls

Robert A. Pape | Jan 22, 2009
The United States is in unprecedented decline. Future generations will look back at the past decade as the beginning of the end of American hegemony.

A User's Guide to the Century

Jeffrey D. Sachs | Jul 02, 2008
Jeffrey Sachs explains why the new world order of the twenty-first century is crisis-prone.

Israel and Arab Democracy

Aluf Benn | Jun 01, 2005
George W. Bush believes that democracy in the Arab world is the key to security. All in due time, says Ariel Sharon.

Taba Mythchief

David Makovsky | Mar 01, 2003
The "near miss" at Taba is being widely promoted as the natural starting point for future Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy. The only problem, is there was no "near miss."

The Present Opportunity

Adam Garfinkle | Sep 01, 2001
We still live in a dangerous world, but the tenure of U.S. primacy depends less on reacting to threats than on pursuing the opportunities before us.

A Choice of Europes

David Calleo | Mar 01, 2001
European security can best be bolstered through structures that embody both the West's ideals and geopolitical realities.

Remembering the Future

Paul Wolfowitz | Mar 01, 2000
Taking seriously the admonition that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat its mistakes.

Franz Josef Clinton

Adam Garfinkle | Mar 01, 1999
Without realizing it, the United States is taking over the role of the Habsburg Empire in the Balkans, a role that it is ill-equipped to play.

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