Is America in decline?

Is America in decline?

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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