Rise and Fall
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Labels: empire, imperialism, manifest destiny
posted by Shan-ul-Hai @ 4:48 PM
2 Comments
Monday, March 31, 2008
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- Name: Shan-ul-Hai
- Location: Columbia, MO, United States
I am a man without a country, but I am an optimist. I come from a religious background, but I am a pragmatist. I love to write, but I am a scientist (by training). Here you will find my perspective on the US, Pakistan, the Middle East, and the rest of the world. To learn more about me as a person, visit my personal blog at http://shanulhai.blogspot.com/
2 Comments:
I think the decline of America would have much more to do with lack of fiscal conservatism and lack of innovation than with education and awareness of the populace about foreign nations. If the people and government of the US keep borrowing money from other nations for their houses, wars, etc., and continue to spend more time worrying about Britney Spears' latest faux-pas than math and science, the nations we are borrowing from (e.g. certain Middle East nations) and those who challenge our leadership in innovation (e.g. China/Japan/India/etc) will reap enormous profits and eventually challenge the U.S. as the global superpower.
Good point... a global economic shift is underway and we're not keeping up. That's a good topic for a future post.
As far as innovation, I still think that the US (and maybe Germany) are at the forefront of the world. Australia is making headway in scientific research too. Japan seems to be great at improving our inventions, but I don't see a whole lot of breakthroughs coming from there. India and China are both great sources of bright minds, but I think they need to figure out their social issues first... as long as their brightest minds are migrating to the US, the UK, and Australia, they won't be able to go too far.
Honestly, I think Australia is the next big thing. Their immigration policies are getting friendlier and they have more top-class universities (per capita) than anybody else. They are attracting many of the world's best students/graduates... they're becoming a "melting pot", much like the US did 100 years ago, except that their immigration policies favor the highly educated.
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