There’s been much talk, from generation to generation about the rise of the next global power to supplant America.  The Soviet Union (yes, for many, this once seemed certain), Japan,  and now China:  in each instance, an insistence that America is in decline.  (For a post that addresses myths about China, see Overestimating China’s influence: ‘Five myths about China’s power’.) At the New Republic,…

Indeed, it is far too soon. America’s best days are yet ahead. Chinese officials who dream of their own dominance will be as disappointed as Japanese bureaucrats who dreamt the same scenario a generation ago. The world belongs neither to the selfish ambitions of those Japanese corporatist s nor to those of contemporary Chinese statists.…