The American appetite for entering into conflict to preserve global dominance seems to be abating.

Zalan Khan is a columnist with Pakistan’s English daily THE NEWS and founder of the social media forum Qissa Khwani.
The American appetite for entering into conflict to preserve global dominance seems to be abating.
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