Leslie Gelb, president emeritus at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue Foreign Policy, argues that even though the United States is the world’s “indispensable leader” it cannot dictate solutions to global ills. The US lacks the power to act alone. America needs the support of some coalition of the eight “indispensable partners” – China, Brazil, Britain, France, Germany, India, Japan and Russia – to solve problems. “Together we can succeed. Alone we fail.”
For more, listen to Mr. Gelb’s critique of soft power and military force and thoughts on power and effective foreign policy.
Clip from Big Think.
