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Michelle Buckley June 17th, 2005 Paper #1 "The United States as a World Hegemon" A hegemon, as defined by Robert Gilpin, "is the leader of an alliance" (Gilpin, p99). Krasner and Gilpin both agree that the "hegemon creat[e] a liberal international economy primarily to promote its own interests and its political/security interests in particular"(Gilpin, p99). With this in mind, it is crucial to examine the role that the United States has played in international dealings. Has the United States consistently pursued its own interests? Primarily, has the United States been considered a hegemon by the international community? If this is true, then what has the United States done during its reign as a hegemonic leader? These questions will be answered in this paper as well as the existence of international regimes examined in relation to the hegemonic status of the United States. Hegemon, as defined above, allows the United States to be defined as a...

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