- Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warns of a growing acceptance of fragmentation and a sense that the US may not be the best fragment to be associated with.
- Other global powers are aligning together and winning favor among nations not yet aligned.
- Deepening links between the Middle East and Russia and China are a huge challenge for the US, which is looking a bit lonely on the right side of history.
- Washington will need to consider how to address this new challenge.
Summers Warns US Is Getting ‘Lonely’ as Other Powers Band Together
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned of “troubling” signs that the US is losing global influence as other powers align together and win favor among nations not yet aligned.
Chris Anstey
