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Aktueller Titel: Night In Athens – Words Unspoken
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The rise of China, along with regional powers such as Turkey, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, has disrupted the unipolar dominance of the U.S.
These would-be regional hegemons bring with them their own means of imposing influence through economic incentives and coercion.
In China’s case, infrastructure and trade development through the Belt and Road Initiative is counterbalanced with shows of military strength in the South China Sea.
As the global order becomes increasingly fragm…

Are hegemonies a relic of the past? The role of coercion and consent in global domination
From Athens to the British Empire and on to the US – dominant powers have used might and consent to exert influence.

RFK (Sr) said of Athens, "greatness does not require size [and] size does not necessarily bring greatness". Ditto Florence. I walked between the two poles of power—Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Medici—and it was < 900 steps (and that includes dodging meandering tourists). #Italy25

Meanwhile in Athens...