There is also a deeper global current that affects how nations operate and establishes the hierarchy of dominance. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, that current shifted away from Europe to the United States as the center of gravity of the world. The fact that the United States sits in this position means that its institutional, economic, cultural, and technical forces have profound effects on the rest of the globe. Consider the impact of the microchip or an American recession on companies, jobs, and people’s lives worldwide. In the same sense that Britain and Rome defined their worlds
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