The America Issue
As the 2012 U.S. presidential election gets under way, FP’s America Issue looks at the state of the union, at home and abroad. In this special section, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argues that the future of U.S. foreign policy points toward Asia, while FP columnist James Traub takes the measure of the Republican candidates ...
As the 2012 U.S. presidential election gets under way, FP's America Issue looks at the state of the union, at home and abroad. In this special section, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argues that the future of U.S. foreign policy points toward Asia, while FP columnist James Traub takes the measure of the Republican candidates vying for Barack Obama's job. Meanwhile, six writers from around the globe put the world's ailing superpower on the couch, telling FP what America gets wrong -- from imperial hubris to energy gluttony -- and Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, and Steven M. Walt ponder the question that no presidential candidate can afford to ask: Just how special is America, anyway?
As the 2012 U.S. presidential election gets under way, FP’s America Issue looks at the state of the union, at home and abroad. In this special section, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argues that the future of U.S. foreign policy points toward Asia, while FP columnist James Traub takes the measure of the Republican candidates vying for Barack Obama’s job. Meanwhile, six writers from around the globe put the world’s ailing superpower on the couch, telling FP what America gets wrong — from imperial hubris to energy gluttony — and Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, and Steven M. Walt ponder the question that no presidential candidate can afford to ask: Just how special is America, anyway?
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What Ails America? What Ails America: Imperial Hubris
By Ian Buruma -
The Presidency What Ails America: The Presidency
By Sunil Khilnani -
Gluttony What Ails America: Gluttony
By Vaclav Smil -
The Fed What Ails America: The Fed
By Heleen Mees -
The Dollar What Ails America: The Dollar
By Fan Gang -
Education What Ails America: Education
By Mishaal Al Gergawi -
America’s Pacific Century
By Hillary Clinton -
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
By Stephen M. Walt -
America Really Was That Great
By Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum
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