DISADVANTAGE/LEADERSHIP BAD

NOW IS A CRITICAL TURNING POINT FOR USA’S ROLE IN THE WORLD

Jim Hoagland, The San Diego Union-Tribune October 7, 1999, Pg. B-14: HEADLINE: Figuring out America's global role // ln-acs

America's way forward in world affairs reaches a turning point this autumn through a set of national security decisions that demand integrated resolution.

USA GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IS SECURE AT LEAST UNTIL 2015

PHILIP STEPHENS January 5, 2001, Financial Times (London) SECTION: COMMENT & ANALYSIS; Pg. 19 HEADLINE: COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Vulnerability of a superpower: The more complete America's global dominance, the more complex its interests are for George Bush to defend //VT2002acsln

Take the tenor of a recent report from the Central Intelligence Agency on prospects for the next decade and beyond. It starts on an upbeat note: "US global economic, technological, military and diplomatic influence will be unparalleled among nations as well as regional and international organisations in 2015."