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Climate change is the top security concern in a poll conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, followed by Islamist terrorism and cyber attacks while respondents in a growing number of countries worried about the power and influence of the United States. From Reuters no less.American soft power is declining. Leader of the free world and beacon of liberty no longer?ReutersClimate change seen as top threat, but U.S. power a growing worry: poll

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Uncle Sam’s failure is unsurprising. As Lord Acton famously intoned: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It doesn’t matter whether the intentions of Washington policymakers are good. The consequences of American policies have been bad, often disastrous. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." The American Conservative Washington’s Endless Sanctions Are Finally Backfiring Doug Bandow | senior fellow at the Cato Institute and former special assistant to...

Lawrence Freedman, emeritus professor at King’s College London [said], “the main concern is clearly not wanting to upset Russia more.” Au contraire. I suspect that the biggest reason — and one that no one in the US government will talk about above a whisper in a secure room — is that the US is one the verge of losing Europe and either the president has figured this out for himself or he is being told by his advisers. The US is also losing global leverage based on soft power. The US must...