Issues of Integrative Power

There is an argument that the United States has a narrow window to restore its position of leadership in the world through engaging integrative power, as discussed under the National Sustainable Security Infrastructure. In this argument, the U.S., with the robustness of its civil society, has an opportunity to be an integrative force, in a world that is very likely to be increasingly dominated by China economically, unless the U.S. is able to escape its antiquated ideologies and myopia regarding its WTO agreements, currency policy, and belief in the value of overextending its hard power engagements.

It is time that we start analyzing our myths about the past, challenge revisionist history to perpetuate or sell ideology over scientific views of our history, and begin to look incisively at emerging strategic threats to the United States.

Please provide examples of myths from our past that are blinding our country to our current strategic threats. Describe opportunities that Integrative Power provides the U.S. as we confront, rather than hide our 21st century strategic challenges during the second decade of the 21st century.