America Is The Number One Superpower Today

The President Has To Project To The American People A Sense Of Demanding Idealism. Idealism Which Is Not Based In Self-indulgence, But On Self-denial And Sacrifice, And On This Such An America Is Going To Be Credible To The World.

In The Longer Run, I Happen To Think That Russia Really Has No Choice But To Become Gradually More Associated With The Euro-atlantic Community. Because If It Isn't, Then It's Going To Find Itself Essentially Facing China All By Itself, Facing The Euro-atlantic Community All By Itself.

The Legitimacy Of The Leadership Depends On What That Country Thinks Of Its Leaders. When We Lay Off, More And More Iranians Tend To Be Critical Of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The More Abusive We Are And The More Pressure We Put On Them, The More Nationalism Fuses With Fundamentalism In Iran.

It Is Conceivable That At Some Point A Truly United And Powerful European Union Could Become A Global Political Rival To The United States.

An Arc Of Crisis Stretches Along The Shores Of The Indian Ocean, With Fragile Social And Political Structures In A Region Of Vital Importance To Us Threatened With Fragmentation. The Resulting Political Chaos Could Well Be Filled By Elements Hostile To Our Values And Sympathetic To Our Adversaries.