SickleSigh on 17 September 2012
Read my post again. No one is talking about conquest. Political hegemony involves many things besides imperialism, such as treaties, economic aid, free trade benefiting one more than the other, arming rebel groups, etc etc.
Please provide a broader argument if you wish to say something, A direct counter argument would be America has already conquered Russia in the Cold War, considering it was....a Cold War fought over ideologies. The Great Race in the 18th century between Empire of Britain and Empire of Russia over East/West civilizations.
To say America has no ambitions of slowing China's growth or Russia's defiance of NATO and Western policies is false and proven.
