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EFTA01764521 | EFTA01764539 Jeffrey M. Jones, "=ewer Americans Say U.S. is No. 1 Military Power," Gallup Politics Report,=March 12, 2012, http://www.gallup.com/poll/153185/Fewer-Americans-Say-NoMilitary-Power.aspx=/a>. <http://www.gallup.com/poll/153185/Fewer-Americans-Say-NoMilitary=Power.aspx> 21. "Public Takes Stron= Stance Against Iran's Nuclear Program," Pew Research Center, February 15= 2012, http://www.people-press.org/2012/02/15/public-takes-strong-stanceagainst-ir=ns-nuclear-program/ <http://www.people-press.org/2012/02/15/public-takes-strong-stanc=against-irans-nuclear-program/> . 22. See for example the =ritings of Robert Kagan, such as "No Time to Cut Defense," Washington Po=t, February 3, 2009, and "Against the Myth of American Decline," The New=Republic, January 11, 2012. 23. Paul K. MacDonald an= Joseph M. Parent, "Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Pow=r Retrenchment," International Security 35, no. 4 (Spring 2011).</=> 24. See for example Dary= G. Press, Calculating Credibility: How Leaders Assess Military Threats (I=haca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996) and his "current calculus theor=." The broader literature questioning the veto power of reputation and credibility two related and often poorly-=efined concepts is enormous; for three representative and thoughtful examp=es see Ted Hopf, Peripheral Visions: Deterrence Theory and American Foreig= Policy in the Third World, 1965.1990 (Ann Arbor: University of Michogan Press, 1994); Jonathan Mercer, Reputati=n and International Politics (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996);=and Shiping Ting, "Reputation, Cult of Reputation, and International Conf=ict," Security Studies, Vol., 14, No. 1 (January-March 2005). 25. On the balanced view=in Chinese circles, see Kenneth Lieberthal and Wang Jisi, Addressing U.S.-=hina Strategic Distrust (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 2012), pp. 8-9, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/03/30-us-china-lieberthal= 26. See for example Pew =lobal Attitudes Project, "From Hyperpower to Declining Power," September=7, 2011, http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/09/07/from-hyperpower-to-decliningpower/ <http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/09/07/from-hyperpower-to-declining=ower/> ;=and Bonnie S. Glaser and Lyle Morris, "Chinese Perceptions of U.S. Declin= and Power," China Brief 9, Issue 14 (Jamestown Foundation: July 9, 2009)= http:// www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news] 35241&=Hash <http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5=tt_news%5d35241&cHash> . db9748f805; Craig S. Cohen, editor, "Capacity and Resolve: Fore=gn Assessments of U.S. Power," (Washington, D.C.: CSIS, June 2011), http://csis.org/program/foreignassessments-us-power. 27. 19 EFTA_R1_00071891 EFTA01764539
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