А вот ответы членов The Council on Foreign Relations (это такой эксклюзивный клуб внешнеполитических экспертов - его членами являются бывшие президенты, госсекретари, нынешние сенаторы, политологи и журналисты-международники):The new survey finds that 41% of the public says the United States plays a less important and powerful role as a world leader today than it did 10 years ago – the highest percentage ever in a Pew Research survey... The percentage saying that the United States should “mind its own business internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own” has reached an all-time high of 49%.
44% of the public now says China is the world’s leading economic power, while just 27% name the United States.
China's emergence as a world power is minor/not a threat - 78% (число тех, кто считал это major threat упало с 2001 s 38% do 21%)
Ну и о России:US allies/partners that will be more important (2005 - 2009):
China 31% -58%
India 43%- 55%
Brazil 17% -37%
EU/Europe 23% -19%
Russia 16% - 17%
Japan 32% -16%
CFR members continue to strongly support the United States playing an assertive role in global affairs: 69% say the U.S. should be either the single world leader (7%) or the most assertive of leading nations (62%). These opinions are little changed from previous surveys.
Major threats facing the USA according to CFR members: Instability in Pakistan (85%) and international financial instability (74%), while the general public thinks that it is Taliban's growing strength (70%) and North Korea's nuclear program (69%).
General public views Russia rather positive 43%- favorably and 39% - unfavorably - it is better than the view of Mexico, but much worse than the ratings for Brazil, China and India.
Tensions between Russia nad neighbors as a major threat for America - 12% CFR members and 38% in general public.
http://people-press.org/report/569/amer ... -the-world
Second, they interfere with many things, not to mention recent "advances" in NATO (NATO council, whatever) to secure "their" portion Arctic from Russia. Sometimes I wonder if they desperately want recognition, trying hard when even Master does not seem to care. And they do participate in Afghanistan, etc. They were only right not to support Iraq war.
), но просто сейчас Омерига чуть-чуть не в том состоянии чтобы обижать слабых. Если конечно не считать оными собственное население (из исключением "оружейных лобби и некоторого количества присосавшихся субконтракторов")