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Think Tank Specials — America’s Number One: Now What?America’s military is the strongest; its economy the richest, its political ideas the most imitated; its language near-universal; its music the most listened to; its movies and television the most watched; its publications the most read; its fast food the most eaten; its soft drinks the most guzzled.All of this adds up to one thing: America is far and away the most influential nation in the world-and, perhaps, in the history of the world. As former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky observes, “It’s also a unique responsibility, a historical responsibility which is given once in a thousand years.” With no immediate threat to its security, what should the United States do with its power? Ben Wattenberg examines this question in “America’s Number One: Now What?” Shot on-location in Asia, the Middle East and throughout the United States, “America’s Number One: Now What?” traces the United States’ unprecedented rise to global superpower status. Beyond protecting our most elementary national interests, does America have a global mission? Is it America’s job to promote democracy and freedom, peace and prosperity on a global scale? In other words, is America a country or a cause? Leading thinkers interviewed in the program include: Joseph Nye, Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; Paul Wolfowitz, Dean of Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies; Natan Sharansky, Israeli Minister of Industry and Trade; Amr Moussa, Foreign Minister of Egypt; Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor to President Carter; Richard Haass, Director of Foreign Policy Studies for the Brookings Institution; Ronald Steel, professor of international relations at the University of Southern California; Joshua Muravchik, scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; Pat Buchanan, commentator and Republican presidential candidate; Susan Eisenhower of the Center for Political and Strategic Studies and former UN Ambassador Donald McHenry. “America’s Number One: Now What?” is produced by BJW Inc., in association with New River Media, Inc. Ben Wattenberg is the Host/Essayist. Joshua Muravchik is editorial consultant. Robert Schurgin is producer. Andrew Walworth is executive producer. Back to top More Think Tank Specials  Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved. 
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