Interview with the military and grand strategy author – Edward Luttwak – thought-provoking throughout.
America’s power abroad, especially in Asia but increasingly with a resurgent Nato, is strong due to its alliances.
But this power is useless unless you have cohesion at home. There America is experiencing a cultural war.
Parallels with the Roman Empire are clear – “I think we could last another couple hundred years, but not much longer. For Rome, they had barbarian migrations and, of course, an ideological break that was fatal. Rome’s institutions were remarkable, and their concept of citizenship was something deep and profound, but the Romans were overwhelmed demographically.”
