미국여론 48% 중국경제 1위국 인정: 문제는 미국 헤게모니 약화가 아니라 한국의 외교적 무능력이 더 큰 문제이다.

미국 자국민들에게 설문조사

 "세계 헤게모니 국가로서 지위를 미국이 상실해가는 것인가?" 

52% : 미국은 자국 문제에 집중해야

48% : 경제 대국 1위는 이제 중국, 31% 여전히 미국이 1위

미국 젊은층: 유럽보다 아시아가 미국에게 더 중요하다 (정치,경제 등)

무의미한 주장들

1. 중국이 성장했다고 해도 아직도 미국이 강대국 (hegemon 헤게몬 지위)이다. 

2. 이제 미국 헤게모니는 쇠퇴할 것이다. 

미국은 50개주로 이뤄진 연방국가이고, 중국은 50여개가 넘는 민족으로 구성된 다민족 다인종 연방국가이고, 강력한 농업 등 다양한 산업들을 기반으로하고 있는 국가들이기 때문에, 미국이나 중국이나 헤게모니 국가 (hegemon) 지위가 쉽게 변하지는 않을 것이다. 

와싱턴 실제 정치 현황: 조지 부시 집권 2기 전후부터, 민주당 관련 싱크탱크 뿐만 아니라, 공화당계 보수 싱크탱크에서도 미국의 헤게모니를 어떻게 유지하면서, 동시에 중국의 역할을 어느정도 어느시기에 어떻게 부여할 것인가를 논의하고 있다. 

ADIZ (영공 방어 식별 구역/ 방공 식별 구역) 논란에서 보여준 한국 외교의 무능력은 좌우를 떠나 심각하게 반성해야 할 주제이다.

(미국 부통령 바이든이, 일본과는 공동대응하고, 그 다음 한국을 방문하는 것이 아니라, 중국을 방문해서 협상 담판하고, 그리고 나서 한국에 와서는 브리핑, 결과 보고만 한다는 것이다. 외교적 무능력과 한국의 지위를 보여주는 한 단면이다) 

미국인 52% 미국은 자국내 정치에 집중해야 한다고 봄.

48% 미국인들은 중국이 경제 대국 1위라는 것 인정, 31%는 아직도 미국이 1위라고 답함. 

미국내 청년층의 인식 : 유럽보다 아시아가 미국에게 더 중요하다. 

장년층에 비해서 거의 2배 정도이다.

Americans see a US in decline, finds Pew survey

A new study by the Pew Research Center asks Americans what they think of their country's role in the world

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For the first time in 40 years, a majority of Americans say the US plays a less important and powerful role in the world than it did a decade ago.

The Pew survey also found that 70% of Americans saw the US as less respected than in the past, nearly the same (71%) as under President George W Bush.

More than half of Americans (52%) - for the first time in 50 years - said the US should "mind its own business".

Some 56% disapproved of President Barack Obama's foreign policy.

Fifty-three percent of the public felt the US played a less important or powerful role as a world leader than a decade previously. The last time more than half of the public held that view was in 1974.

A decade ago, just 20% of Americans felt the same way.

International disengagement

In Tuesday's survey, only 17% of Americans said the US had a more important or powerful role in world affairs than 10 years ago.

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Analysis

Jonathan MarcusBBC diplomatic correspondent

The results of this Pew survey are a powerful reminder of the strength of perception in peoples' views of the world. That the United States is less dominant and that other countries, notably China, are rising in economic terms, is self-evident.

But the US decline is only relative; projections of China's inexorable rise are all very well but there is no indication as yet that China harbours ambitions of playing the kind of global role traditionally the preserve of Washington. The survey results are arguably the product of two failed wars; political gridlock at home and an uncertain economic outlook.

An overwhelming majority back US economic engagement with the world, while in terms of military and political entanglements there seems to be a growing isolationist mood. As if to confirm this, many of the US public's top foreign policy goals reflect domestic concerns such as protecting against terrorist attack and safeguarding American jobs.

Republicans were more likely to view the US as having declined in influence - 74% of them thought so. But 55% of independents said the same thing, up from 23% in 2004.

The survey also showed support for a less active US in world affairs. Some 51% of respondents said the US does "too much" to solve world problems.

Fifty-three percent of Republicans, 46% of Democrats and 55% of independents said the US should mind its own business.

Respondents also thought the US should be less engaged internationally.

A plurality of respondents (39%) believed the US should be less involved in seeking to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Some 36% thought Washington's current level of engagement in that issue was enough.

But the survey did not suggest an entirely isolationist outlook was taking hold among Americans.

US support for more participation in the global economy has increased, it found.

Some 77% said the growing trade and business ties between the US and other countries was a good thing.

However, there was a mistaken belief among many that China is the world's top economic power - 48% of respondents thought so. Just 31% correctly said it was the US.

America's gross domestic product is nearly twice that of China,according to World Bank data, although the gap between the two has been closing.

President Obama's foreign policy was approved of by only 34% of respondents in the Pew survey.

The public overwhelmingly viewed dimly his handling of Syria, Iran, China and Afghanistan. Only on terrorism did more respondents approve (51%) than disapprove of his approach.

While Islamic extremist groups such as al-Qaeda were still considered the top threat by survey respondents, 70% ranked cyber-attacks from other countries as a major threat, placing it on par with concerns about Iran and North Korean's nuclear programmes.

The survey of the general public was conducted between 30 October and 6 November among 2,003 adults, said Pew Research Center.