“We have entered a period of historical transition in which the United States will become first among equals, rather than […] hyperpower and unquestioned hegemon,” said Timothy Garton Ash, a professor of European studies at Oxford.

to pop one off with a denial

The Web address isn't officially registered, it's a blind pig.

For this reason, some anthropologists prefer to do one or another form of autoanthropology, in which you use yourself as your informant—perhaps abetted by a few close colleagues as interlocutors.