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the interest o countering China; American leaders should make it a
priority to deepen this partnership in the years ahead.
The United States today has many advantages over its interna-
tional rivals, thanks in no small part to its favorable demographics.
Yet U.S. power cannot be taken for granted. It would be a geopolitical
tragedy i the postwar economic and security order that the United
States built really were to fade from the scene: no alternative arrange-
ment is likely to promise as much freedom and prosperity to as many
people as the U.S.-led international order does today. Thankfully, it is
a tragedy that can be averted. I the United States can begin to repair
its human capital base and forge new alliances for the twenty-Ãrst
century, it can strengthen—with the aid o demographics—Pax Amer-
icana for generations to come.∂