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[Decline of Europe]]

[[File:Europe map.png|thumbnail|right|226px|[[Europe]], which is less religious than the United States has a subreplacement level of births, is projected to have a population that is 30% less smaller by the end of the century (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).<ref>[https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/total-population-outlook-from-unstat-3/assessment-1#:~:text=The%20greatest%20declines%20occur%20under,30%20%25%20of%20its%20current%20size. Population trends 1950 – 2100: globally and within Europe]</ref>

 

In 2014, the Pew Research Forum indicated that [[Europe]] will go from 11% of the world's population to 7% of the world's population by 2050.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/03/10-projections-for-the-global-population-in-2050/ 10 projections for the global population in 2050] By Rakesh Kochhar, Pew Research Forum, February 3, 2014</ref>]]

[[Europe]], which is less religious than the United States has a subreplacement level of births, is projected to have a population that is 30% less smaller by the end of the century (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).<ref>[https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/total-population-outlook-from-unstat-3/assessment-1#:~:text=The%20greatest%20declines%20occur%20under,30%20%25%20of%20its%20current%20size. Population trends 1950 – 2100: globally and within Europe]</ref>  

[[Europe]], which is less religious than the United States has a subreplacement level of births, is projected to have a population that is 30% less smaller by the end of the century (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).<ref>[https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/total-population-outlook-from-unstat-3/assessment-1#:~:text=The%20greatest%20declines%20occur%20under,30%20%25%20of%20its%20current%20size. Population trends 1950 – 2100: globally and within Europe]</ref>  

Mearsheimer considers [[China]] to be a significant competitor to the United States in terms of balance of power geopolitics.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref> Mearsheimer has said on several occasions that the United States' foreign policy should pivot from Europe to Asia as far as it concerns as soon as possible and unfortunately the United States policy towards Ukraine before and subsequent to the war in Ukraine is delaying this pivot.<ref>[https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/U.S.-engagement-with-China-a-strategic-blunder-Mearsheimer U.S. engagement with China a 'strategic blunder': Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVozNtCDM The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiZXgYzI84 John Mearsheimer On Who Gains The Most From The Ukraine-Russia War & What Could End Putin's Assault]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbj1AR_aAcE PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ag-GifhGbFw South East Asia-US Foreign Policy, John Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref>  

Mearsheimer considers [[China]] to be a significant competitor to the United States in terms of balance of power geopolitics.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref> Mearsheimer has said on several occasions that the United States' foreign policy should pivot from Europe to Asia as far as it concerns as soon as possible and unfortunately the United States policy towards Ukraine before and subsequent to the war in Ukraine is delaying this pivot.<ref>[https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/U.S.-engagement-with-China-a-strategic-blunder-Mearsheimer U.S. engagement with China a 'strategic blunder': Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVozNtCDM The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiZXgYzI84 John Mearsheimer On Who Gains The Most From The Ukraine-Russia War & What Could End Putin's Assault]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbj1AR_aAcE PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ag-GifhGbFw South East Asia-US Foreign Policy, John Mearsheimer]</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-rise-and-conflict-with-us/a-55026173 'The US won't tolerate China as peer competitor'], DW News, 2021</ref>  

 

'''Question:''' Does Europe have a superior governmental and economic system to the United States or does it have an inferior system to the United States that may be causing it to head for societal and economic decline?

'''Question:''' Does Europe have a superior governmental and economic system to the United States or does it have an inferior system to the United States that may be causing it to head for societal and economic decline?