The Pros and Cons of Americas Superpower Status :: Politics Political Essays

The Pros and Cons of Americas Superpower StatusWhile reading Rourke, I found that the most interesting, debatable, and insightful issue from Rourke was Issue 3. SHOULD AMERICA ABANDON ITS mightiness STATUS? This is presented by Doug Bandow and Anthony Lake, in which Bandow takes the affirmative side of the issue and Lake the opposing stance. To fully explain this issue, I will not only look at the authors, but their stances on the issues, how their stances fit into the World System, Hegemons, and basic Perceptions. I will then go into the future looking at such items, as tumefy as some thoughts of my own. Basically, I will show that a simple yes or no question is much more complicated and in-depth than one might think. So, with no further ado, lets get RourkingI will first look at the Yes America should step down as a superpower answer to our question, as presented by Doug Bandow. He presents a situation where America is the Big Protector and the source for assistance (in many situ ations) throughout the world. But, in a time when there is no war, no Cold War, and no need for a U.S. policeman, why should we continue on this path? Bandow wants us to bring our troops home who are on hostile soil, change our worldly ways and concentrate on America. Sure, there may be pile in the world who need our help, but there are people right here in America who need that same help. He wants us to step down as a superpower. This does not mean to stimulate Isolationist, but certainly more self-centered. His situation is one where you are not a superpower, but just a (non-influential) power a partner in the world and not its savior.With that said, we will move on to Anthony Lake. Lake is quite different from Bandow because Lake is a current Clinton administrator who gave a speech to the press and Bandow is a fountain Reagan administrator who wrote for a foreign research institute. Bandow writes with educated intent Lake writes/speaks to confirm current foreign policy. Lakes speech does not dive deep into its own surmisal Not to step down as a superpower. Lake presents a situation of America being one of two things. The first of which is an Isolationist country, which keeps to itself. This, of course, is not unafraid because it leaves no room for trade, world relations, a prosperous America, or an up-beat Global Political Economy.