Who Will Lead the 'Next Europe', and To Where?

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"Who Will Lead the 'Next Europe', and To Where?

By Brian Stout

Last month I received a phone call from my eleven-year-old cousin, who wanted my thoughts for a class paper on 'what it means to be American.' The last two years have borne witness to an often rancorous debate over that very subject, a debate that played out on a global stage. Discussions of 'American exceptionalism' prompted proud proclamations from this side of the Atlantic and engendered skepticism abroad. After all, what does make America so special?"