guardian.co.uk - 11/21/2008
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Barack Obama The country Obama inherits, the report warns, will no longer be able to 'call the shots' alone in an increasingly multipolar world. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/21/2008
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US economic, military and political dominance is likely
to decline over the next two decades, according to...
a new US intelligence report on global trends. The National Intelligence Council (NIC) predicts China, India and Russia will increasingly ...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US global dominance 'set to wane'
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