Heckuva job, Harpie

A tip of the hat to mahigan who, via email, pointed me to an interesting article by David Olive on the changing international balance of power. Short version: the American position as the world's lone hyperpower is slipping as China, India, the European Union and Russia all gain in relative power and influence. The trend was already there but Olive lays out how Dubya and crew have definitely accelerated the process.

And of course that fits in really well with our own government's policy of closing foreign consulates while focusing ever more attention on the U.S. and of generally sidelining the Department of Foreign Affairs.