FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, pages: 171 - 186, 2018

A Strategy for Maintaining the Hegemony of the United States of America

Rezumat: As the conditions of the global power structure modify, so should the approaches of states that wish to maintain their position internationally. The United States of America has been a global hegemon since the end of the Cold War, but to remain so, it needs to apply a maintenance strategy which takes into account the new challenges and challengers that have arisen. Our paper tries to identify a solution for keeping the hegemony of the US afloat, by tackling the most stringent problems faced by the said country: state failure and criminal states, the current contestation of international rules and norms, rising powers and nuclear proliferation. Thus, what we have called the empowering method offers synoptic solutions, which embed the usage of diplomatic means, identifying new patterns of military power usage, providing civilian assistance and trying to reshape the global governance system.