Is America in decline? | The Economist

America is reeling from a failed war in Afghanistan, political polarisation and increasing social division. Could the superpower be in decline?

00:00 – America’s rising instability
00:45 – Is America in decline?
03:21 – America’s foreign policy failures
05:23 – Is this the end of American intervention?
07:02 – America’s domestic decline: what can be done?
09:09 – Will the infrastructure bill help?
10:40 – Is declinism inevitable?

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