American Primacy in Perspective

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erspective American Primacy in Perspective Page no . 1 Through the course of modern time , American supremacy has

been visible in terms of its economy , politics and warfare . This supremacy is referred to as the unipolar moment . Stephen G . Brooks and William C . Wohlforth discussed this concept through their article American Primacy in Perspective . They asserted that American as a nation has undeniable became the most steady world super power that even other powerful nation could not even dare to suppress . It is defined in their article that unipolarity is the existence of one superpower which has no major power but has multiple minor powers . Furthermore , a unipolar power has the ability to resolve international issues that even combined powers from other countries could not prevent ( Wohlforth , 2002 . Unfortunately , America as seen now by many political analysts and critics does not have the ability to resolve international issues . American culture is more of an individualistic . The government tends to focus on internal issues of the each state rather than outside countries . Brooks and Wohlforth also stated that as of now , there is no foreseen dominancy that can take over American superiority because other countries hold 1 or 2 criteria regarding unipolarity (economics , military , population , racial influence , etc ) while America as a nation holds all . The authors proved their point through stating facts . They cited the September 11 bombing as evidence that American could not influence problem regarding Terrorism , which is a global crisis . When they attacked Afghanistan to make an impression that they do battle terrorism , they have only exposed their military supremacy in air , land and water . This boastful act only developed the world 's resentment against them (especially the Muslim community . In connection regarding their military power , the authors did also presented details about the allocation of America 's budget in National defense . Just by allocating smaller funds on their armed forces relative to other powerful countries , they have proved that they are still number one American Primacy in Perspective Page no . 2 in terms of warfare technology which is a parameter of being a unipolar civilization . Economically speaking , America has been stable for the past decades after the depression period . They have been the number one attraction in terms of foreign investment ( Wohlforth , 2002 . Population and the form of government also play a vital role in predicting the power enveloped on a country . By comparing America to other world powerful countries and relating events from the past which tells the fall of several nations , the authors have proven their premise . The authors researched about historical facts to backup their ideas such...