The US Seems to Be Deliberately Weakening its Global Position

Alliances Win Wars, Great Powers Do Not

Hi All,

I’m going to start with a broad and crude chart of economic size—it measures the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the US and China and one other group.

This chart, btw, significantly overstates the US economic advantage over China in a number of ways. First, it is raw GDP, no adjusting for purchasing power (which some believe is a much more accurate guide to economic strength). If you adjust for Purchasing Power (PPP), the graph is quite different—and China takes a significant size lead over the USA.