[bryanlarsen]

If I had to pick a global hegemon, America is probably a better choice than most. But "no global hegemon" seems even better.

The last 80 years have been exceptionally peaceful compared to the rest of history, so I hope it continues despite America's loss of hegemon status.

[chwtutha]

I think looking back at history we’d generally find that the most peaceful periods coincided with there being the strongest, fewest hegemons