The United States is undeniably facing new challenges at the start of the 21st century: the rise of China, Islamist terrorism and the resurgence of an aggressive Russia. Yet Washington has major advantages over its main competitors: their economic, monetary, military and technological power, their influence through soft power, and their legal capacity to sanction foreign players. Despite its internal weaknesses and China's advances, the United States maintains a dominant position in each of these areas. However, the future of its global presence will depend on crucial political choices, influenced by the different approaches to foreign policy in Washington. Without being able to influence these decisions, Europeans will have to forge their own path. What is the true extent of American power today? Can the United States still claim to rule the world, and does it have the means to do so? In her latest book, Géopolitique de la puissance américaine, Laurence Nardon explores in detail the prospects for this superpower.
Laurence Nardon has a doctorate in political science and heads the Americas Programme at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). Since June 2019, she has been analysing US policy issues every Wednesday in the podcast "New Deal", produced in partnership with Slate.fr and the newsletter Time to Sign Off (TTSO). She has just published Géopolitique de la puissance américaine (PUF, 2024), following L'Amérique de Trump en 100 questions (Tallandier, 2018). Before joining IFRI, Laurence Nardon was a research fellow at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), then Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington.
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