The Troubling Legacy of American Power in the Middle East.
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The US's pursuit of global hegemony has led to geopolitical failure and domestic political disaster, with the Iraq war being a prime example. The US's attempts to maintain its "unipolar" power in the international political system have been exposed by China's rise and Russia's expanding trade with other countries. The US's capricious and self-centered nature of power is well-known, and its policies must be judged on their consequences. The US won't want to be out of step with public opinion in large swathes of the globe for too long, and it should stop pretending that the global triumph of US hegemony is within reach again.
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