Arsenal of Democracy

35: Are We Capable of Rebuilding the Pax Americana? (feat. Arthur Herman)

Episode Summary

Has the Pax-Americana truly fallen? Can America's sole dominance over global influence be restored? What can we learn from the WWII-era that we can apply to today's multi-front and multi-faceted threats? Hudson Senior Fellow Arthur Herman rejoins the show to illustrate why desire for global power and influence requires an industrial base to do so and a balancing of means to commitments. Read Arthur's National Interest piece, "Toward a New Pax Americana:" https://www.hudson.org/democracy/toward-new-pax-americana-arthur-herman

Episode Notes

Has the Pax-Americana truly fallen? Can America's sole dominance over global influence be restored? What can we learn from the WWII-era that we can apply to today's multi-front and multi-faceted threats? Hudson Senior Fellow Arthur Herman rejoins the show to illustrate why desire for global power and influence requires an industrial base to do so and a balancing of means to commitments. 

Read Arthur's National Interest piece, "Toward a New Pax Americana."