This website doesn't pretend that America is perfect but we do think (1) it gets an unfair press and (2) it is preferable to any alternative as 'world policeman'. A point made by the London Evening Standard's Paul Waugh today:
"Britain's national interests don't always overlap with those of the US but with totalitarian China on the rise and an expansionist Russia flexing its military muscles, it is a timely reminder that a world led by America is infinitely preferable to one led by either Beijing or Moscow (As for those who imagine that somehow the EU can offer a rival "pole" of power to the US, well there is no evidence yet of that becoming even a remote possibility beyond regular spats on a non-existent global trade deal)."
In our briefings section we examine the suitability of three alternatives to US leadership: China, the United Nations and the European Union.
