ty to continue what is already being done has not been curbed, but its ability to do much that is new has been blocked. EFTA00700225 The Plan for American Power The gridlock sets the stage for a shift in foreign policy that has been under way since the U.S.-led intervention in Libya in 2011. I have argued t

ing them as increasingly futile and unsuccessful. Immanuel Wallerstein, Senior Research Scholar at Yale University, is the author of The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World (New Press). EFTA00636696

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s not the only kind of power; no empire could ever be held together by military power alone. Joseph S. Nye Jr., in his recent book "The Paradox of American Power," introduced the concept of "soft power" to bring the point home. I would go even further. Applying the concept of power to human affairs is alto

can Security in Washington and a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board His most recent book is Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (Random House, 2010). EFTA_R1_02029863 EFTA02690096