We discussed this new foreign policy paradigm of Empire Light, in which the hegemon believes it needs the manpower of its vassals, in nanne's Power Void in Europe. Of course, Kagan is much more explicit.

I this the most noteworthy thing about this piece is that the realisation of/panic about power loss for the superpower is spreading in the foreign policy elite.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}