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The United States and Shifting Global Power Dynamics

Foreign policy experts with a wide range of specialties—from economics to military power to diplomacy—foresee sweeping shifts in global power dynamics during the twenty-first century. One of the most pressing questions for U.S. policymakers is how to confront these power shifts productively. Here, two experts with new books on the topic debate how the United States should respond to rising hegemony elsewhere in the world. Nina Hachigian is a Senior Vice President at the Center for American Progress. Parag Khanna is director of the Global Governance Initiative and a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation.

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This article was originally published in Council on Foreign Relations.

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