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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (95292)4/21/2003 12:28:04 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 

when it has worked in the past, there has usually been one hegemon

That's why it's never worked for very long. The hegemon always ends up using hegemony to advance its own interests at the expense of others. The others object, the hegemon gets overstretched, and chaos returns.

If we want to break this cycle, we have to develop a system that does not depend on enforcement by a single hegemon, but rather on agreement among free nations. This will be a very difficult thing to do, but I believe we have the vision to accomplish it. I'm not sure why I believe this. Must be my native optimism.
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