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The latest Pew Global
Attitudes Project global survey finds that America's standing in the
world has continued to deteriorate:
The Obama era
has coincided with major changes in international perceptions of American
power – especially U.S. economic power. The global financial crisis and
the steady rise of China have led many to declare China the world’s
economic leader, and this trend is especially strong among some of
America’s major European allies. Today, solid majorities in Germany
(62%), Britain (58%), France (57%) and Spain (57%) name China as the
world’s top economic power.
Indeed, it is
not just those who live beyond our shores who feel this way, as the following
table attests [red and blue
annotations mine]:
Admittedly,
most analysts would consider a one-percentage point differential to be the
satistical equivalent of a dead heat, but even so, the fact that most
Americans no longer see a large gap in our favor is not a good sign.
Michael J. Panzner
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