The Youtube video does cover some of the actualities, but is ofcourse a simplified version.
If it shows anything, it shows there is no master plan at all. Different American/Western regimes with different priorities..
The current mood in the USA right now seems to be an isolationistic one. If Trump gets elected we get 8 years of isolation.
Clinton is more hawkish and might intervene in Syria and Iraq. Again...
Only if the US could bring some predictability..