高处不胜寒——冷战后美国的世界地位初探

Contrary to some assessments in the late 1980s and early 1990s that the United States was declining, most hard figures to measure its present economic, technological, and military power indicate a strong U.S. position in the global competition among nations. America has shown a remarkable capacity to readjust to the post Cold War conditions and to pioneer the information age. The most significant adjustment it has made is the refocusing of its national goal on sound economic growth and expansion of international markets while reducing its military commitments abroad. However, a variety of social problems at home are eroding America's national cohesion and damaging its international image. The trend of globalization, which appears to help Americans expand their influences, is a doubleedged sword that also restrains their effort to exert a leadership role in world affairs.