IMIGRACJA A POZYCJA MIĘDZYNARODOWA USA W PERSPEKTYWIE EUROPEJSKIEJ
EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ON AMERICAN IMMIGRATION AND POWER

Summary/Abstract: American society consists nowadays of 15% foreign born and 26% foreign stock populations. It means that more than 1/4 Americans have strong connections with other countries and states due to their origins or the origins of their parents. Proportions of the foreign born and foreign stock categories are going to grow during the next decades. It will strongly influence the demographic, economic and political situation of the Union. Racial and ethnic structure, in which white Americans will constitute minority before 2050 will become important factor influencing American foreign policy. In spite of the fact, that American priorities will remain relations with Anglo-Saxon partners (so called Five-Eyes Partnership), the analysts expect a shift of geographical emphasis in U.S. foreign policy. Due to the more and more influential immigrant groups there will be less interest in Europe and instead greater interest in Latin America and Asia. This process will be aided by trends in the global economy, particularly in the rise of China and India to the status of the world's first and third largest economies, as well as the growing importance of Asia in global trade. This will be followed by a shift in political power toward Asia. Demographic processes and growing importance of Asian and Latin American immigrants will make weaker the traditional ties with Europe which have been created by mass migrations from Europe during previous centuries. However, the multi-ethnic American society is believed to keep its Western cultural identity. The American ethno-racial mosaic seems to be quite different structure in comparison to the multi-cultural European pattern. It is mainly because American immigration is based on the attractiveness of American job market instead of the social aid, which attracts migrants to western European countries. American immigrants, in spite of the strong links with the culture and language of their fatherlands, are becoming American citizens and American patriots, what is not the case in Europe. Shifting demographic trends will make the United States more effective within the international system and allow it to remain innovative, economically wealthy, and militarily stronger.

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