SOCI 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Darpa, Geopolitics, Currency Intervention
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Soci 265 war, states, and social change. The architecture of the world polity is not really challenged by the rising challengers of the brics or by the european union. How strong is the us, how much power does it have, is it in decline in some sense it is. U. s had 50% of world products post 1945 relative decline since then. Michael mann firmly says the us cannot maintain its leading position in the world. First failed empire in the 21st century. Brooks, walforth say that the united states is still in the world and should stay in the world. The us is a sense of stability. Tension in their position aren"t we nice, we are providing order for the world. A lot of benefits of power that come to the united states (ex: our ability to run the economy, set trade)
