Globalization and American Hegemony

Author: Zhang Shipeng
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Globalization and American Hegemony involves two parts of content. One part is about globalization, more accurately, it involves "globalization after the September 11th incident." The other part involves several theoretical issues of contemporary capitalist research. A key issue in the discussion of globalization after "September 11th" is the world hegemony of the United States. German left-wing economist Hans Georg K?hler believes: "In the recent world political structure, a very prominent, epoch-making, and highly consequential feature is the superior power, i.e., the hegemonic position, of the United States." "World War II, followed immediately by the Cold War, brought about a hegemonic power: the United States." "And the end of the bipolar structure became the starting point of American world political hegemony." To understand the reasons for the emergence of American hegemonism, it is necessary to review the power structure, means, and objectives of the Cold War.