UNITED STATES: Washington confronts limits of power

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  • Declining power?
  • Overstretch
  • Military overstretch
  • Fiscal overstretch
  • Morale strains
  • Rival powers
  • Regional challengers
  • Economic challengers
  • Military challenges
  • Limits of influence
  • Insoluble conflicts
  • Unpredictability
  • Intellectual exhaustion and renewal
  • Bush legacy
  • Military exhaustion?
  • Poor US image
  • Fiscal restraint

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