Declinism
Is America in decline?
The challenges to its superpower status
Still reeling from the withdrawal in Afghanistan, America is battling political polarisation and social division at home as well as facing an unfolding national climate crisis. With China growing in strength, many have begun to ask: is America in decline? The Economist’s US editor, John Prideaux, joins our Washington bureau chief, James Astill, and senior editor, James Bennet, to discuss whether these are genuine signs of a superpower in decline.