the author attempts to take on a massive subject and ends up with a mediocre collections of stats and observations about the post-Cold War world. he's right to identify that this is complicated issue, but doesn't present any noteworthy insights and fails to present data about the changing nature of American power from the perspective of the American economy and American military.

A fascinating and sweeping view of global relations, this piece brings in economic and historic perspectives as well for a truly comprehensive analysis.

there is much in this piece to mull over, to figure out its potential effects on the future of all of us, and especially for the next round of world leaders, will it be a new approach in a new world or same old, same old..... .

The piece is rather unbalanced -- the author does not cite sources (though the numbers given seem quite accurate), and the availability of other news broadcasts (especially Venezuelan and Iranian ones) are treated unquestioningly as positives, without looking at their respective biases.