Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, suggested recently that the US “could already be in the second decade of another American century.” Likewise, Clyde Prestowitz, the president of the Economic Strategy Institute, has said that “this century may well wind up being another American century.”
但是，在美国，许多知识分子没有承担起这一责任。对外关系委员会主席哈斯（Richard Haass）最近表示美国“或许已经进入又一个美国世纪的第二个十年。”类似地，经济战略研究所主席普雷托维茨（Clyde Prestowitz）说“本世纪将是另一个美国世纪。”