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Germany & the Balance of Power

At no time during the thirty-year history of the Federal Republic has its foreign and economic policy received such intense and sweeping scrutiny as in recent years. I believe that the reasons for this are attributable not only to Germany's growing leverage over international political matters, sustained by economic and monetary power, but also to the relative decline in American political and military-strategic influence and economic performance. Our awareness of change in others is sharpened as we perceive a widening gap between them and ourselves, suggesting comparisons that are especially poignant when they reflect our own disappointments and uncertainties. A striking example of the current American propensity to look at others for a measure of ourselves is provided in the title (as well as in the argument) of Ezra Vogel's book, Japan as Number One: Lessons