The collapse of the Soviet Union began nearly two decades of American unipolarity. During that time, U.S. leadership pursued a strategy of what international relations scholars call liberal hegemony.

For years, the cultural dominance of the United States has remained intact on a global scale. The modern superpower has brought forward a huge influence on the world through its economic prowess, ...

An emerging great power is rapidly expanding its military capabilities. It unilaterally abrogates decades-old norms and agreements by militarizing a strategically vital waterway, and is seeking to ...

This reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine, or unchallenged US hegemony in the western hemisphere, is a key component of its ...

IS RETREAT from global hegemony in America’s national interest? No idea has percolated more widely over the past decade—and none is more bogus. The United States is not headed for the skids and there ...

U.S. President Joe Biden walks to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 14, 2022 (AP photo by Alex Brandon). But what ...

John J. Mearsheimer, the prominent exponent of foreign policy realism, is no stranger to controversy. The University of Chicago professor seems to home in on it like a heat-seeking missile. He once ...

In this hugely influential book, Laclau and Mouffe examine the workings of hegemony and contemporary social struggles, and their significance for democratic theory. With the emergence of new social ...

With the world increasingly awakening from the spell of US hegemony, the US is isolating itself more and more in the international community. Such a trend has apparently worried some US political ...