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Is America Becoming an “Overstretched Superpower”?

Season 2023 Episode 6087 | 17m 26s

From Ukraine to Israel and beyond, the United States is currently involved in several perilous international situations. In a recent article, The Economist’s diplomatic editor Anton La Guardia argues the U.S. could be overstretched. He gives Hari Sreenivasan a view of America from abroad.

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