Robert Pape
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
2025 numbers.
Look at our European allies during this time.
Let's pick Germany, for example.
Germany was about 6, 7% of the world's economy in 1990.
What are they today?
Three and a half.
Three and a half.
What about Britain?
Britain was about four and a half percent of the world's economy in 1990.
What are they today?
Three.
France?
Almost exactly with Britain.
Four and a half to about three.
I could go through Italy.
So what does that mean, Patrick?
If you take power... I'm really curious what you think.
I'm trying to show you the power here.
In 1990...
compared to our uh european ally european allies here okay uh we were certainly big but notice they weren't trivial certainly as a and as a group sure but as we stayed at 26 they've fallen by a third they've fallen by a third patrick so the way i put it to my classes sometimes i lay this out for them