Back to the Future: The Project for the New American Century
" Make America Great Again ", it was a call that resonated in the de-industrialised heartlands in America's Rust Belt. But it was also also a cry from sections of the US elites because they find themselves beset on all sides by challenges to the US' global hegemony . Rise of military and economic challengers The rising global influence of China and Russia is threatening to upend, in the minds of US policy makers, the global order. In the Middle East the US has lost its dominance and finds itself vying with Russia, Turkey and Iran. Even in its own backyard the US finds itself insecure, with China especially making inroads. Dusting off The Project for the New American Century Rebuilding America's defenses Given this environment it's perhaps not surprising to see the re-emergence of key foreign policy makers from the 1990s. One of the think tanks they organised around was The Project for the New American Century (PNAC). PNAC had a profound in...