These dire predictions, focused on the immediate weaknesses of America, overlook the long-run conditions, according to a German specialist, that have enabled the United States to remain the major global power since World War II.
A reminder of these fundamentals is available in a forthcoming European Affairs article , “America – with its Unique Resilience – Remains the Indispensible Power” by Dr. Heinrich Kreft, a German career diplomat who is currently a senior foreign policy advisor to the conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. His article is already available on the website of the European Institute.