A very good book by Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek fame, brought home the point that the US, as important as it is in the world, cannot go it alone anymore.

This is an extremely important point to explain to the American public given the nearing elections and the vastly diverging approaches to this matter of both candidates.  As reads in the article linked above, how can you take a unilateral course very major problem you face as a nation, from terrorism to nuclear proliferation to gas prices, requires joint action with others?