Riding for a Fall
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3549696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter G Peterson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 111 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20034071 |
| OpenAlex | W2799664508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH has called terrorism the United States' greatest national security threat since World War II and has declared that the war on terrorism must be waged years and decades, not weeks or months. Most Americans agree with this assessment and with the need to pay whatever price is necessary to wage this war. But what is the price? And how will the United States pay for it? It now seems nearly certain that the aging of America's population which would pose a massive fiscal challenge over the next few decades itself-will unfold in an era of large additional commitments to our national security agenda. Two other issues, in addition to security costs, require attention because of their profound connections both to U.S. national security and to U.S. fiscal and economic performance: the United States' growing financial dependence on foreigners, and the extreme aging overtaking the rest of the developed world. To paraphrase the poet John Donne, no nation is an island, least of all a superpower with such manifest responsibilities as the United States has in a newly dangerous world. But to commit America to a broader role while remaining blindly ignorant of the ultimate cost of doing so is sheer folly. Clearly, there are long-term tradeoffs to be
Political science · Economic Theory and Policy · Economic, financial, and policy analysis · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2007 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |