By far the most powerful state in the world, the USA is the entity closest to that which can be considered truly hegemonic. Thanh Duong's analysis of geopolitical power reveals how the USA will maintain its interests and flourish through globalization.

This work analyzes how the US has laid down the foundations for global power. It reassesses and re-evaluates the declinist-renewal argument and challenges conventional balance of power theories, demonstrating how the United States is attempting to "hegemonically globalize" the entire international system. To evaluate the success of hegemonic globalization, the book analyzes the four major powers and regions: Russia; the People's Republic of China (PRC); the European Union (EU); and Japan, and their historical, political, economic, cultural and geopolitical relations with the United States. Each study examines the tangible and intangible sources of their relationship, and the possible tensions and resistance towards United States hegemony therein.

Introduction - an analysis of the United States' global strategy in the emerging world order. Theory and Methodology: A conceptual framework and principles of inquiry
An inquiry into power
An inquiry into Hegemony. The Debate and the Challenge: The "design" of the international system and "the US Hegemony" - After the collapse of the Bretton Woods' fixed exchange rate system
Balance of power or Hegemony?
Hegemonic globalization - the United States and the integration of the great powers. The Contenders in the Emerging World Order: Russia - "political backlash without economic conversion?" The PRC and the US in the 21st century - "preventing the clash of the civilization"
The European Union - the "grand plan" or just "hanging together"
US-Japan relations - "the anchor in the East"
US grand strategy in the emerging world order - "the sun and its planets". Conclusion: Hegemonic globalization - "the highest stage of capitalism"?.