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Ian R. Campbell -

Nov 07 09:02 AM

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What do you think is the U.S.’s current ‘Place in the World’?

A recent article titled ‘It’s Time for the U.S. to Recognize Its Place in the World’ (http://goo.gl/yWJ38 - paste URL into your browser). Written by the International Political Economy, a ‘group blog maintained by the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, the article states that “The U.S. needs to recognize its place in the world, and act like a hegemon should”. I needed to look up the meaning of ‘hegemon’, and for those of you who likewise don’t know its meaning, a ‘hegemon’ is a “political, economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups, regardless of the explicit consent of the latter”. It seems to me that in accord with that definition the U.S. is still today a ‘hegemon’ on the world stage, albeit not the ‘hegemon’ it was 10 years ago. I think the latter is an important point, and one the UNC ‘think tank’ ought to have commented on in its article. Of course, the UNC ‘think tank’ may not agree with my view on the current U.S. ‘hegemon’ status. Accordingly, I have asked that group (through an article ‘commentary system’ on the Seeking Alpha website) whether they agree with the that the U.S. 'hegemon staus' is reducing on the world economic stage with the passage of time or not - and if they don't, specifically why they don't. If I receive a reply I will add it as an ‘Answer’ to this ‘Question’.

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