Enigma Solution

World War II dramatically changed the then existing world order.  Based on three fundamental pillars of democracy, free trade and capitalism, America the only great power that survived the war with its economy and market intact became the de facto world leader of the non communist world. American leadership established this new world order at The Bretton Woods Conference, 1944 . This 'order' based on a number or global institutions ensured under the Marshall plan the rebuilding of the world economy.  American farsightedness and actions produced the greatest material prosperity in history. World GDP has grown 10 fold, population has increased 3 fold, Colonialism ended, and there has been a dramatic reduction in world poverty, with a corresponding improvement in health has been observed. Communism was mostly defeated. America, currently the sole superpower,  dominates the  world financially, technologically, socially, politically and militaril...

Every society has some form of social stratification. In India this was originally done on the basis of one's knowledge, skills and merit, called ' Varna ' Over the centuries it kept on degrading until it came to be based on birth rather than merit. Thus powerful non meritorious groups cornered most of the rights and wealth and oppressed the weaker. This lead to the easy conquest of India by foreign invaders initially Muslim and later European. The promise of Islam to the downtrodden was, that they would be released from their social bondage and be equal amongst all others. This hope was dashed for the people who converted from Hinduism to Islam still remain unfulfilled, and in fact have gotten worse. Little known to most people is that Muslims of the Indian sub continent are still subject to exploitation, not by others, but by their fellow Muslims. Since there is no acknowledgement of the caste system and distinct and fairly rigid social stratification in Musl...

Jihad of 'The religion of Peace' versus Crusade of 'The religion of Love' L eaves and pebbles falling in the pond cause ripples. Imagine our world as a pond,  every incident disturbs and impacts everyone in different ways and then calms down again. However there is one nation, America, that so dominates the world socially, politically and militarily, that not only do its actions perpetually cause ripples but also have a huge impact, sometimes causing not only ripples but storms and even tsunamis much akin to a big boulder falling in the pond.  The American empire and its domination of the world today is based on the following,   Access to fantastic financial resources. (Almost every country invests its savings in American government bonds) It is a great repository of information and knowledge not necessarily wisdom.  Outstanding pool of talented manpower in nearly all disciplines. Armed forces budget greater than the next 14 largest armed forces. Hug...