My favorite foreign policy analyst, George Friedman, writes at his Geopolitical Futures website a very upbeat appraisal of the current U.S. role in world affairs. He believes that we remain top dog. Friedman concludes thus:
Russia is weakening, … China is managing its relationship with the U.S. carefully, and … the international architecture created after World War II, though more complex, essentially remains in place. It is a unipolar world.
He views our approach in Ukraine as exceedingly subtle, and takes a less pessimistic view of China than many analysts. He may be wrong about China, but it’s an interesting, optimistic tour d’horizon.
