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The video we are introducing today is a video from the economist entitled "Is America in decline?" posted on YouTube on September 7, 2021. It is an interview led by an editor, John Prudeau, who is interacting with 2 guests: a Washington bureau chief, James Astill, and an American senior editor named James Bennett. As we can get it by seeing the title of the video, the main topic is about the huge country of America, and whether we can say that it is in decline or not. Indeed, their failure in Afghanistan humiliated them as one of the biggest military forces in the world, it provoked a real decrease of trust in the USA.
[...] Economically: its competition with the Chinese superpower that shows that America is not the only superpower leading the world anymore. Socially: George Floyd's death that raised up many demonstrations and riots, provoked movements of protestations all around the world (that even so shows that America is still very powerful because the world was straight heading for this event that happened in America: importance of what is going on over there) with Black Lives Matter, and the movements against police brutality. [...]
[...] - The Economist (2021) - How has the American superpower evolved since the beginning of the twentieth century? First Part: The Summary The video we are introducing today is a video from the economist entitled "Is America in decline?" posted on YouTube on September It is an interview led by a US editor, John Prudeau, who is interacting with 2 guests: a Washington bureau chief, James Astill, and an American senior editor named James Bennett. As we can get it by seeing the title of the video, the main topic is about the huge country of America, and if we can say that it is in decline or not. [...]
[...] https://www.cnn.com : capitol riot defendants, consulté le 11 octobre 2021. https://www.courrierinternational.com : Vu de Bagdad, le retrait des troupes US d'Afghanistan alimente les craintes, publié le 25 aout 2021, consulté le 11 octobre 2021. https://www.lemonde.fr : Retrait des troupes américaines d'Afghanistan : le Pentagone admet un « échec stratégique », publié le 28 septembre 2021, consulté le 11 octobre 2021. II) Sources audiovisuelles The economist, « is America in decline? », publié le 17 septembre 2021, consulté le 11 octobre 2021. [...]
[...] The military retreat from Afghanistan and Iraq, whereas America has been the biggest military power in the world for a couple of decades. to one of the guests in the video, some solutions are brought by Biden's policy: the question of the infrastructure bills. Some compare it to Roosevelt's New Deal to rebuild the nation. > America is reacting to its problems and is starting to reinvent itself. > The notion of an American decline is to shade: the decline can just be cyclical, and it will strengthen itself for later. [...]
[...] How has the American superpower evolved since the beginning of the twentieth century - since the First World War? The Creation of a Superpower the intervention of the US Army in the First World War and the Second World War The big growth of the economy, the army and the improvement of Americans' way of life = creation of an ideal of prosperity, success and happiness. The US wins the Cold War: they implemented an interventionist policy to become the economic, politic and military leader of the world. [...]
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