Candidate Obama stated in 2008 the United States should not kid ourselves: “we should not pretend we are special“.   President Obama proclaimed before the entire world in 2009 that the United States WAS NOT an exceptional nation.   Now, after four years of policies and implementation based on the same mindset, the end result(s) are visible.

WASHINGTON DC  –  A new report by the intelligence community projects that the United States will no longer be the world’s only superpower by 2030.

“In terms of the indices of overall power – GDP, population size, military spending and technological investment – Asia will surpass North America and Europe combined,” the report concludes.

“Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds” — prepared by the office of the National Intelligence Council of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — projects that the “unipolar” world that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union will not continue.

“With the rapid rise of other countries, the ‘unipolar moment’ is over and no country – whether the U.S., China, or any other country – will be a hegemonic power,” the report argues.

“The United States’ relative economic decline vis-a-vis the rising states is inevitable and already occurring,but its future role in the international system is much harder to assess,” it argues.  (read more)