It's Time To Clip America's Global Wings

Topics: World

Public Release Date: April 05, 2011

Just two decades ago there seemed to be no limits to American power. 9/11, the financial crisis, and the rise of China are all reminders of what a different world we live in today. What should America’s role be in the new world order? Are we guilty of overreach, or have we not been ambitious enough?

ARGUING YES:

• Peter Galbraith: Senator of Vermont, Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Center for Arms Control

• Lawrence Korb: Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress

ARGUING NO:

• Elliott Abrams: Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations

• Eliot Cohen: Professor of Strategic Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University

MODERATOR-IN-CHIEF:

• John Donvan: Emmy award-winning journalist