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The Absent Superpower by Peter Zeihan would be a good start. He's also got a "sequel" coming out early next year called Disunited Nations which should go into even more detail. There are also plenty of recorded speaking events on youtube you can check out to get a general gist of his analysis. Here are the two most recent:
Keynote - Peter Zeihan 2019
The New World (Dis)Order - Peter Zeihan - 72nd CFA Institute Annual Conference
From Amazon:
The world is changing in ways most of us find incomprehensible. Terrorism spills out of the Middle East into Europe. Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China and Japan vie to see who can be most aggressive. Financial breakdown in Asia and Europe guts growth, challenging hard-won political stability.
Yet for the Americans, these changes are fantastic. Alone among the world's powers, only the United States is geographically wealthy, demographically robust, and energy secure. That last piece -- American energy security -- is rapidly emerging as the most critical piece of the global picture.
The American shale revolution does more than sever the largest of the remaining ties that bind America's fate to the wider world. It re-industrializes the United States, accelerates the global order's breakdown, and triggers a series of wide ranging military conflicts that will shape the next two decades. The common theme? Just as the global economy tips into chaos, just as global energy becomes dangerous, just as the world really needs the Americans to be engaged, the United States will be...absent.
In 2014's The Accidental Superpower, geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan made the case that geographic, demographic and energy trends were unravelling the global system. Zeihan takes the story a step further in The Absent Superpower, mapping out the threats and opportunities as the world descends into Disorder.
Yes, but your reasons are completely wrong.
Just read “The Absent Superpower” by Peter Zeihan. It gives a much more in depth response than any comment here, by someone who has worked with many government officials.
https://www.amazon.com/Absent-Superpower-Revolution-Without-America/dp/099850520X/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_2/136-7994388-8928145?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=099850520X&pd_rd_r=37ef741a-37a2-11e9-a692-13b9b4e07a01&pd_rd_w=iYmPw&pd_rd_wg=ex0PX&pf_rd_p=b98fa1a4-6e6e-4981-835c-7fb29e0f4dd2&pf_rd_r=6X1PVFDBWDN35BCXAA20&psc=1&refRID=6X1PVFDBWDN35BCXAA20
There is the absent superpower, but I also recommend the one that came before it:
https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Superpower-Generation-American-Preeminence/dp/1455583685
Edit: No idea why the first one has such a longer link address
I should have recommended The Absent Superpower
The Shale Revolution and a World Without America, which after 4 minutes of watching this is inline with the video.
Heres a good one
https://www.amazon.com/Absent-Superpower-Revolution-Without-America/dp/099850520X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526660084&sr=8-1&keywords=the+absent+super+power
Learn more here: https://www.amazon.com/Absent-Superpower-Revolution-Without-America/dp/099850520X
That's exactly the plan. The US no longer has any incentive to play world police since shale is making it energy independent.