# #470 - The Case for American Power: A Dialogue with Shadi Hamid

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Podcast: [Converging Dialogues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/converging-dialogues-1498806)
Published: 2026-02-02T00:59:30+00:00
Episode link: https://convergingdialogues.substack.com/p/470-the-case-for-american-power-a
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## Resource

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Shadi Hamid about why American power is still needed. They discuss American power, American success globally, American idealism, democracy in the world, benevolent authoritarianism, future of American power, and many more topics. Shadi Hamid is a columnist at The Washington Post and a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. From 2023 to 2024, he served on the Post ’s edi­torial board. Hamid is the author of several books, including The Problem of Democracy and Islamic Exceptionalism , which was shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize for the best nonfiction book on foreign affairs. In 2019, he was named one of the world’s top fifty thinkers by Prospect magazine. He is also the co-host of the podcast, Wisdom of Crowds . He is the author of the latest book, The Case for American Power . Get full access to Converging Dialogues at convergingdialogues.substack.com/subscribe

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