A Jurisprudential Understanding Of The Hegemonic World’s Superpower

This paper traces the contours of hegemonism in international relations, with special reference to American foreign policy and the various interpretations of the latter emanating from American scholarship. It then correlates the triumvirate of jurisprudence, international relations and discourse relating to power equations, to explain the nature and rationale of the US’s drive for global dominance through a combination of economic, military, ideological and cultural instruments.