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The China Superpower Hoax

Steven Hill, Truthdig. September 23, 2010.

How is a country with a lower per capita income than Mexico hailed by so many as the next global superpower?

Let's Hope India Doesn't React Like We Did to 9/11

Juan Cole, Outlook India. December 2, 2008.

The choices India makes now about the threat of terrorism will help determine what kind of superpower it will be.

America Defeated: How Terrorists Turned a Superpower's Strengths Against Itself

Mark Danner, TomDispatch.com. March 26, 2008.

America's enemies have used an evangelical, redemptive regime, hell-bent on remaking a fallen world, to lay the seeds of their success.

How America Can Be a Superpower the World Respects

Jason Marsh, Greater Good. February 13, 2008.

Seven principles that could offer a new model of American power -- one that inspires and mobilizes other nations to work with us.

The World's Sole Superpower in Fast Decline

Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch.com. August 23, 2007.

In almost every measure, the United States is past its zenith. A look at the challenges that are bringing the heyday to a halt.