By IRNA,
Berlin : A top advisor to former US president Bill Clinton acknowledged that his country was “no longer a dominant superpower” in the world amid mounting political and security challenges.
Speaking at Berlin’s prestigious American Academy Wednesday evening, the vice president and director for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in
Washington, D.C, Martin Indyk stressed the US was no longer a superpower as it was grappling with major domestic economic problems and foreign policy issues, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea and the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict.
The former American ambassador to Israel pointed out President Barack Obama had “inherited very difficult circumstances” when he took office in January 2009. Indyk who was Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton administration, played a key role in orchestrating the Camp David talks. He was also a special assistant to president Clinton and senior director for Near East and South Asian Affairs and member of the national security council from 1993 through 95.
In 1982, Indyk worked as a deputy research director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington.