„The Europeans are … making a choice that will inevitably give Europe more geopolitical clout—at the expense of American primacy. … And the impetus will come not just from Europe's new ambition, which will gather slowly, but also from America's domestic politics and its schizophrenic reaction to the rise of Europe.“
— Charles A. Kupchan American university teacher 1958
Источник: The End of the American Era (2002), Chapter four: "The Rise of Europe"