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Gardels: Even so, the fact that the Chinese have proposed a new global SDR currency and the G-20 has taken a step toward its creation surely marks a powershift in the world?
Nathan Gardels: The Coming Demise of the Dollar Reflects the Rise of the Rest 2009
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The powershift began already several years ago, under the Bush administration, when the dollar became very volatile and started declining.
Nathan Gardels: The Coming Demise of the Dollar Reflects the Rise of the Rest 2009
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Surely, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be dragged before sundry investigations and, ultimately, sacrificed by Bush to the new powershift.
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Fareed Zakaria: I hope he grasps that the third great powershift of the modern era is taking place.
Nathan Gardels: My Talk with Fareed Zakaria: Obama Must Face A Post-American World 2008
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Whether one agrees with this view or not, it is unquestionably the driving spirit behind the powershift in the world order today and bears a close hearing in the West.
Nathan Gardels: Post-Olympic Powershift: The Return of the Middle Kingdom in a Post-American World 2008
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The powershift toward Asia is a consequence of the sins of the last 25 years on the part of the United States.
Nathan Gardels: My Interview with George Soros: End of Financial Crisis Could Be in Sight 2008
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Zakaria: I would put it this way: America's key challenge is to maintain and refurbish the structures of stability for global economics and politics as this huge powershift takes place, as the rest rise.
Nathan Gardels: My Talk with Fareed Zakaria: Obama Must Face A Post-American World 2008
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This year's theme of a powershift completes a cycle that began in 2000 at the high moment of American triumphalism, before the dot. com bust and 9/11.
Nathan Gardels: Davos Forum Confirms Powershift Away from US 2008
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There are two parts of the plan -- the content and the powershift -- and while both should worry you, the powershift should be unacceptable.
Zephyr Teachout: Who Decides? The Most Terrifying Part of the Proposed Bailout 2008
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More powershift to Donald Rumsfeld to propagate intel any way he wants it and siphon $$ off to any contractor buddies he can find.
Firedoglake » The Heckuva Job Bushie and GOP Weekend Round-Up 2006
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