POLI 2057 Chapter : Post American World Ch6
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The post-american world 2. 0 chapter 6 notes: britain"s prime challenge as a declining empire was economic, not political, but in the. U. s. the opposite is true (politics challenge the u. s. now: britain vs. It used soft power (culture, religion) and diplomacy to maintain strong power struggle, after the civil war. But when it was clear america was gaining power, britain decided to be america"s friend, which is an example of britain"s political wit/competence: zakaria thinks the problem in the us is that there is political paralysis. In the realm of international politics, there"s belief that the government in the us makes it hard to accomplish things. If the us was to overcome its political paralysis, to overcome the gridlock that occurs in. But, in the short-term, we"re still faring very well.
