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"The United States has a unique role as the only remaining superpower," Burns says. "The global threat is not as clear as it was in 1947. The U.S. no longer has a rival capable of world destruction."
Some of the new challenges Albright will mention include the growth of terrorism, the narcotics trade and the world's population, Burns says.
These challenges include formulating a united Europe, expanding democracy around the globe and, a more recent concern, maintaining the peace agreement in Bosnia, Burns says.
Albright will also explain her rationale for supporting the recently announced expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Burns says.
"She believes the era of large powers dictating to small nations is over," Burns says.