The world is watching America lose its moral compass and its global credibility

The Hill
by Brahma Chellaney, opinion contributor
March 5, 2026
The world is watching America lose its moral compass and its global credibility
By any conventional measure of power, the U.S. remains formidable. Its military power is unmatched, and it still possesses the world’s largest national economy. Yet power in the 21st century has never rested on material capabilities alone. For decades, America’s true strategic advantage lay in something less tangible but more potent: its capacity to attract.…
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Originally published on The Hill on 3/5/2026