Larry Summers Warns of US Losing Influence as Other Powers Band Together
I really doubt this. The central, southern and western European powers absolutely depend on the U.S. for fundamental aspects of their defense against potential threats, and for many other types of economic and even social support. They won&#x27;t get that from anyone else any time soon, and neither from each other without some major political changes down the road.<p>As for many Asian countries, faced with handling an often hostile China on their own and supporting U.S. policy as tacit allies, the choice is obvious and they definitely won&#x27;t be jumping off the bandwagon. This definitely applies to South Korea and Japan, but it also applies to many other regional states that either hate or mistrust the Chinese. Among these, The Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Even India, a major power on its own, is leery of its neighbor and much more likely to side with the west.<p>As for much of Africa and parts of the Middle East, as another comment here said very well, they know where international force projection and boots on the ground can come from to support or hinder their own internal policies, and this makes them very leery of suddenly switching sides to China (Russia even less so, barely worth considering with very few exceptions).<p>Overall, the western system of international influence is still firmly in place and spearheaded by the U.S.. This comes with many flaws, no doubt, bit if I had to choose between a world with U.S.dominance and the same power level being held by any other of the really major powers, particularly China, the choice is obvious.