Last remaining superpower crumbles
Since the end of the Cold War at the beginning of the 1990s, the Western media have referred to the USA as the “last remaining superpower“. But, as Notes from a Common-place Book: Vlad to the Rescue points out, that is no longer the case. There are no more superpowers, and “balance of power” tactics among ordinary powers have once again taken the place of the “superpowers”.
Though many Americans have not realised it yet, one US columnist notes that from afar, America resembles a 2nd-rate power. And meanwhile, the civilizations are still clashing.
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