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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Hegemony

Daniel Thürer

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 12 February 2025

Subject(s):
Military assistance — Act of state — Prerogative — Regional co-operation — Security assistance

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 Hegemony is commonly referred to as the striving for leadership or the institutionalized supremacy of one or more States over other States. It derives in general from the inequality of States in terms of political power, reflecting different military, economic, social-psychological, and/or technological capabilities (States, Sovereign Equality). Hegemony is an expression of power politics, manifested in the delimitation of special security zones (Spheres of Influence) and interventionist policies. It refers to a constellation of States within the context both of...
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