Remote from the wreckage of Afghanistan and the recent Pakistan‐incubated Taliban frenzy, calm and confident North Africa’s Tunisia – also a Muslim state – looks optimistically to a future of innovation and accomplishment. Embarking on its tenth development plan, priorities include...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the USA can maintain a position of leadership in a world of growing competition and constraints. Design/methodology/approach – The paper points out elements of both strength and correctable weakness of the USA in the foreseeable...