Ex-CIA Russia Analyst warns tides are changing for US as 'sole' superpower, 'China and Russia are pushing back'

George Beebe, former head of the CIA Russia analyst desk, warns of the changing of the world power dynamics as America moves away from being the "world's hegemonic and unrivaled’ superpower, not "really having to compromise or "engage in traditional balance of power politics." The Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft explains that after the cold war ended, the United States, "could simply tell other countries do this or else because we had such overwhelming power that nobody could really say no. Unfortunately, what has happened over time is that much of the world has said, you know, we didn't really like that very much, and they've started to react to a mass the ability to resist America's directions." Saying, "Russia and China are pushing back and we face a peer competitor in China," the US now has to "recover our ability to engage in traditional balance of power politics, and we don’t have a lot of experience."