Considering the status of the United States as the strongest superpower in history, it is indeed a greater threat to world peace than Iran.

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While America fought lost wars, The Bear was awakened! Moving from a unipolar world to a multipolar one provides needed balance, but also might precipitate a new kind of Cold War over oil and gas. Russia is using energy as its means of regaining international prestige.

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At a dinner hosted by a prestigious center affiliated with a British university, concluding a one-day conference on the Arab World, a former U.S. official complained about how Washington has failed to get its message of good will to the Arab people. He seemed to be trying to reach out to the representatives of the Arab media taking part on the conference, seeking either advice or empathy for his administration's quest that has been met, in his view, "with misunderstanding."

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America is a modern Rome: an arrogant empire that does not understand the limits of power. I guess no empire really does. This is why they rise and fall. It is not an American trait; it is the nature of unchecked power. Yet in his book, Murphy tries to construct a moral ethos for American hegemony and aggressive drive to dominate the world. Unfortunately the basic premise of his argument goes against history.

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