Terence Edward Paupp, in his new book "The Future of Global Relations," traces the downward trajectory of U.S. power and forecasts a very different future for the international community. In the first half of his book, which tackles international relations theory as well as real-world examples, Paupp describes the decline of U.S. hegemony. The United States has persuaded other countries to do its bidding not so much through naked imperial force as through the indirect application of economic, political, and military force. Our friends and allies, in other words, believe that they are acting in their own interests when they support the United States. Moreover, by setting the terms of the global economy and by maintaining the largest military in the world, the United States can exert control over countries with which it has only the barest of relations.
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