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US Hegemony

The Republican Party's Perfect Storm: The Hegemony of Male-centric, Class-centric and Ethnocentric Policies

Carlos Alberto Torres | Posted 12.23.2012 | Politics
Carlos Alberto Torres

Will a representative of the hyper-rich who is interested in serving the public as president but who does not believe in serving 47 percent of the population, or in the need to make public his tax returns, bring about a perfect storm of male-centric, class-centric, and ethnocentric hegemony?

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25: Making The God Decision

Walter Brueggemann | Posted 01.02.2012 | Religion
Walter Brueggemann

The Book of Joshua chronicles the way in which the land given by God has been taken by Israel. And now there are decisions to be made of life-or-death proportion concerning life in the new land.

The Hegemony of Pop

The European Magazine | Posted 11.19.2011 | World
The European Magazine

While the U.S.'s cultural prominence is partially related to its political, military and economic power, such power is not the only cause of America's global cultural hegemony. Rather, the U.S. offers a unique convergence of several factors.

Libya, the United States, and Iran: Just Who Is "Meddling"?

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett

With its no doubt emotionally gratifying but feckless rhetoric demanding Gaddafi's departure, the Obama Administration has ensured that it can play no constructive role in a process of political transition in Libya.

Sounding the Death Knell of U.S. Global Dominance

Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Michael Hughes

America needs to change course quickly, because as the Taliban movement gains strength and the U.S. loses its grip on the Middle East, the death knell continues to ring -- louder and louder.

American Leadership

Stanley Kober | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Stanley Kober

Given our financial constraints, we must now make a choice. Do we equate leadership with global hegemony, or do we concentrate on rebuilding our society and setting a good example?

Securing American Primacy While Tackling Climate Change: Toward a National Strategy of Greengemony

Louis Klarevas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Louis Klarevas

By not addressing climate change more aggressively and creatively, the United States is squandering an opportunity to secure its global primacy for the next few generations to come.

Putting the Honduras Debate in Perspective

Abraham Lowenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Abraham Lowenthal

The new US authorities understand that the United States no longer has the means to exert quick control in such countries as Honduras, and that trying to do so could undermine more promising multilateral avenues for achieving US objectives.

American Ideals and Afghanistan's Women

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Martha St Jean

I am advocating that freedom comes through education, not coercion. I am advocating that we too educate ourselves before we attempt to become great emancipators.

US to Iran: Let's Get Back Together

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Shirin Sadeghi

The US needs Iran right now: the War on Terror is in shambles and Iran remains the only stable force in the region that can bring resolution to the rapidly deteriorating problems faced by the US.