The United States’ Residual Hegemony

Rashad Seedeen is the Faculty Head of Humanities and a Global Politics teacher at Eltham High School, Melbourne. Rashad is also part of the co-ordinating committee of Conversation at the Crossroads, an organisation focused on building dialogue between diverse communities in order to build understanding and develop community-led solutions. Rashad’s research interests include US hegemonic decline, emergent social movements and political communication.

Introduction 1.The Gramscian Approach to Hegemony 2.A complex-Gramscian Approach to US Hegemony 3.The Organic Crisis of Global (In)Security and the Libyan Intervention 4.The Organic Crisis and the Failure of Climate Governance: The Copenhagen Conference 5.The Organic Crisis and the G20 Response to the Global Financial Crisis 6.The Global Organic Crisis and the United States’ Rightward Shift: The Rise of Donald Trump 7.Early Trends from the Biden Administration Conclusion