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US bailout: A superpower in decline?

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Six reasons to keep America as No. 1 superpower

03/13/2012 12:59 pm ET Many around the world say American decline would preserve global stability through a better balance of power. They鈥檙e wrong, says Steve Yetiv, a political science professor at Old Dominion University. It鈥檚 not that other countries or international institutions can鈥檛 play vital roles. They do. But they can't yet do what Washington does around the world, Yetiv says. Here he gives six examples.