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  American political, economic, and military global hegemony—sustained by America’s past economic productivity, the dollar’s reserve status, and the reliance on forward-deployed American military power—is over. In a new world shaped by sweeping technological change in warfare, business and finance, it’s not just the end of the much exaggerated “unipolar moment.” The American Hegemony: The tectonic plates of the international …

  The Singaporean diplomat, Kishore Mahbubani has wisely said that the greatest failing in modern Western thought is the lack of a basic common moral understanding. It creates a cultural divide that will sap and divide the West in the years ahead. Failing modern Western thought: Mahbubani argues that as a result of the ethical decline, the West has developed …

  Founding Fathers warned against going abroad in search of monsters to destroy.  When Washington takes its wars, slogans, and coups abroad, generations of writers have characterized the aggression as seeking monsters to destroy.   In Search of Monsters to Destroy: Washington has benefitted from the cover offered by the slogan, justifying mayhem inflicted on the world as overthrowing dictators and bringing …

  Herland Report: The American quest to weaken Europe: America’s neoconservative political and military mission in the post-Cold War era has been to ensure that no rival superpower is allowed to emerge in Western Europe, Asia or the territories of the former Soviet Union. The aim was a world dominated by one superpower – the United States – whose position …

  Herland Report: Pax Americana Fascism: A handful of the largest investment firms on the planet own pretty much everything, as intertwined with the western financial/monetary structure at the top; but that’s just one major element of control. Understanding Pax Americana aggression whether by “color revolutions” or the creation of failed states, requires more than an understanding of its overall funding (monopoly …

  Herland Report: The rise of Russia: Russia is making great strides in implementing the Geneva agreements of last June. It is bringing Syria back into the concert of nations, preparing to expel Turkey, reconciling Israel and Iran, gaining a foothold in Africa and distributing absolute weapons in Asia. The United States is no longer the master of the world. Those …

  Herland Report: Why America Failed in Afghanistan: In many ways, arrogant leftist thinking—indeed, the leftist paradigm in its entirety—led to the disaster that is Afghanistan. Many, especially those of Afghan background, have made this clear in the aftermath of America’s withdrawal.  Consider the words of Baktash Ahadi, an Afghan-American who served as an interpreter for the U.S. military for years: How could …

  Herland Report: Post 9/11 crimes came the downfall of America: Read Thierry Meyssan’s groundbreaking analysis that cut open the official 9/11 narrative shortly after the Twin Towers fell and the notorious War on Terror was launched. First part here, the second below. Twenty years after 9/11, the Middle East has gone through a massive wave of ruthlessly bloody wars in …

  Herland Report: The 9/11 Official Story Crumbles: By challenging the official version of the 9/11 attacks, Thierry Meyssan opened a worldwide debate. But the essence of his book on the subject was a political science study predicting the evolution of the United States after these crimes. The problem is not how the attacks were committed, but why the US reacted …

  Herland Report: Afghanistan marks Total Failure of the American Neo-Con Strategy: The United States came to Afghanistan to “look for Osama bin Laden” in the Torabora caves. Twenty years on, after countless speeches about bringing democracy and women’s rights to Afghanistan, the U.S. is kicked out of the country in a remarkably public mainstream media Taliban showdown that now …