Learning to Be Number Two.docVIP

Learning to Be Number Two 　　Kishore Mahbubani， author of The Great Convergence： Asia， the West， and the Logic of One World， posed two questions to four U.S. politicians—two Republicans and two Democrats—who were part of a panel discussion that he chaired at the Davos World Economic Forum in 2012. The first question：“What do you see as the future of American power？” The second： “Could America adjust to being number two in the world？” Mahbubani expressed shock when he observed the unvarying reactions among the four politicians to the two questions that he posed： that America would always remain