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Stephen Wertheim
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REQUIRED IMAGE
In The Media
Is America Overextending Itself?
The direction in which Washington seems to be heading is on one level a continuation of U.S. global primacy. But on another level, it’s something qualitatively different, where the United States faces real risks of a great-power conflict for the perpetual future.
Published on Aug 24, 2022
About the Author
Stephen Wertheim
Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program
Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- The End of Primacy Without Pain: Why the Domestic Foundation of American Power Is Crumbling
- "I Don’t Think Trump Wants to Pull America Out of NATO"Other
Stephen Wertheim
Recent Work
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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