Opinion | America Is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean It Has to Fall. - The New York Times

…America will need to give up trying to restore its past glory through a go-it-alone, America First approach. It was the same impulse that pushed the Roman Empire into the military adventurism that brought about its eventual destruction. The world economy has changed, and the United States will never again be able to dominate the planet as it once did. But the possibility of building a new world out of a coalition of the like-minded is a luxury Rome never had. America, whatever it calls itself, should seize the opportunity...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/opinion/america-rome-empire.html