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::*''The United States has developed a hegemonic playbook to stage "[[color revolution]]s," instigate regional disputes, and even directly launch wars under the guise of promoting [[democracy]], [[freedom]] and [[human rights]]. Clinging to the Cold War mentality, the United States has ramped up bloc politics and stoked conflict and confrontation. It has overstretched the concept of [[national security]], abused export controls and forced unilateral sanctions upon others. It has taken a selective approach to [[international law]] and rules, utilizing or discarding them as it sees fit, and has sought to impose rules that serve its own interests in the name of upholding a "[[rules based order|rules-based international order]]."
::*''The United States has developed a hegemonic playbook to stage "[[color revolution]]s," instigate regional disputes, and even directly launch wars under the guise of promoting [[democracy]], [[freedom]] and [[human rights]]. Clinging to the Cold War mentality, the United States has ramped up bloc politics and stoked conflict and confrontation. It has overstretched the concept of [[national security]], abused export controls and forced unilateral sanctions upon others. It has taken a selective approach to [[international law]] and rules, utilizing or discarding them as it sees fit, and has sought to impose rules that serve its own interests in the name of upholding a "[[rules based order|rules-based international order]]."
:*I. Political Hegemony—Throwing Its Weight Around
:*I. Political Hegemony—Throwing Its Weight Around
::*''The United States has long been attempting to mold other countries and the world order with its own [[values]] and political system in the name of promoting democracy and human rights....''
:*II. Military Hegemony—Wanton Use of Force
:*II. Military Hegemony—Wanton Use of Force
::*''The history of the United States is characterized by [[violence]] and expansion. Since it gained independence in 1776, the United States has constantly sought expansion by force: it slaughtered Indians, invaded Canada, waged a war against Mexico, instigated the American-Spanish War, and annexed Hawaii. After World War II, the wars either provoked or launched by the United States included the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the War in Afghanistan, the Iraq War, the Libyan War and the Syrian War, abusing its military hegemony to pave the way for expansionist objectives. In recent years, the U.S. average annual military budget has exceeded 700 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 40 percent of the world's total, more than the 15 countries behind it combined. The United States has about 800 overseas military bases, with 173,000 troops deployed in 159 countries...
::*'' U.S. military hegemony has caused humanitarian tragedies. Since 2001, the wars and military operations launched by the United States in the name of fighting [[terrorism]] have claimed over 900,000 lives with some 335,000 of them civilians, injured millions and displaced tens of millions. The 2003 [[Iraq War]] resulted in some 200,000 to 250,000 civilian deaths, including over 16,000 directly killed by the U.S. military, and left more than a million homeless.
::*''The United States has created 37 million refugees around the world. Since 2012, the number of Syrian refugees alone has increased tenfold. Between 2016 and 2019, 33,584 civilian deaths were documented in the Syrian fightings, including 3,833 killed by U.S.-led coalition bombings, half of them women and children. The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) reported on 9 November 2018 that the air strikes launched by U.S. forces on Raqqa alone killed 1,600 Syrian civilians.
::*''The two-decades-long war in [[Afghanistan]] devastated the country. A total of 47,000 Afghan civilians and 66,000 to 69,000 Afghan soldiers and police officers unrelated to the [[September 11 attacks]] were killed in U.S. military operations, and more than 10 million people were displaced. The [[Afghan war|war in Afghanistan]] destroyed the foundation of economic development there and plunged the Afghan people into destitution. After the "[[Fall of Kabul|Kabul debacle" in 2021]], the United States announced that it would freeze some 9.5 billion dollars in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank, a move considered as "pure looting."
::*''In September 2022, [[Turk]]ish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu commented at a rally that the United States has waged a [[proxy war]] in [[Syria]], turned Afghanistan into an [[opium]] field and [[heroin]] factory, thrown [[Pakistan]] into turmoil, and left [[Libya]] in incessant civil unrest. The United States does whatever it takes to rob and [[enslave]] the people of any country with underground resources.
::*''The United States has also adopted appalling methods in war. During the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Gulf War]], the [[Kosovo War]], the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, the United States used massive quantities of chemical and [[biological weapon]]s as well as cluster bombs, fuel-air bombs, graphite bombs and [[depleted uranium]] bombs, causing enormous damage on civilian facilities, countless civilian casualties and lasting [[environmental]] pollution.
:*III. Economic Hegemony—Looting and Exploitation
:*III. Economic Hegemony—Looting and Exploitation
::*''After [[World War II]], the United States led efforts to set up the [[Bretton Woods]] System, the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[World Bank]], which, together with the [[Marshall Plan]], formed the international monetary system centered around the U.S. [[dollar]]. In addition, the United States has also established institutional hegemony in the international economic and [[financial]] sector by manipulating the weighted voting systems, rules and arrangements of international organizations including "approval by 85 percent majority," and its domestic trade laws and regulations. By taking advantage of the dollar's status as the major international reserve currency, the United States is basically collecting "seigniorage" from around the world; and using its control over international organizations, it coerces other countries into serving America's political and economic strategy...
:*IV. Technological Hegemony—Monopoly and Suppression
:*IV. Technological Hegemony—Monopoly and Suppression
::"*''The United States seeks to deter other countries' [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[economic]] development by wielding [[monopoly]] power, suppression measures and technology restrictions in [[high-tech]] fields...
::*''U.S. [[surveillance]] is indiscriminate. All can be targets of its surveillance, be they rivals or allies, even leaders of allied countries such as former German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and several French Presidents. Cyber surveillance and attacks launched by the United States such as "Prism," "Dirtbox," "Irritant Horn" and "Telescreen Operation" are all proof that the United States is closely monitoring its allies and partners. Such eavesdropping on allies and partners has already caused worldwide outrage. [[Julian Assange]], the founder of [[Wikileaks]], a website that has exposed U.S. surveillance programs, said that "do not expect a global surveillance superpower to act with honor or respect. There is only one rule: there are no rules."
:*V. Cultural Hegemony—Spreading False Narratives
:*V. Cultural Hegemony—Spreading False Narratives
::*''The global expansion of American [[culture]] is an important part of its external strategy. The United States has often used cultural tools to strengthen and maintain its hegemony in the world.
::*''The United States embeds American values in its products such as movies. American values and lifestyle are a tied product to its movies and TV shows, publications, media content, and programs by the government-funded [[non-profit]] cultural institutions. It thus shapes a cultural and public opinion space in which American culture reigns and maintains cultural hegemony...
::*''There are various vehicles the United States uses to keep its cultural hegemony. American [[movies]] are the most used; they now occupy more than 70 percent of the world's market share. The United States skilfully exploits its cultural diversity to appeal to various ethnicities. When [[Hollywood]] movies descend on the world, they scream the American values tied to them.
::*''American cultural hegemony not only shows itself in "direct intervention," but also in "media infiltration" and as "a trumpet for the world." U.S.-dominated Western media has a particularly important role in shaping global public opinion in favor of U.S. meddling in the internal affairs of other countries.
::*''The U.S. government strictly censors all social media companies and demands their obedience. Twitter CEO [[Elon Musk]] admitted on 27 December 2022 that all social media platforms work with the U.S. government to censor content, reported Fox Business Network. Public opinion in the United States is subject to government intervention to restrict all unfavorable remarks. [[Google]] often makes pages disappear.
::*''[[U.S. Department of Defense]] manipulates [[social media]]. In December 2022, The Intercept, an independent U.S. investigative website, revealed that in July 2017, [[U.S. Central Command]] official Nathaniel Kahler instructed [[Twitter]]'s public policy team to augment the presence of 52 [[Arab]]ic-language accounts on a list he sent, six of which were to be given priority. One of the six was dedicated to justifying U.S. drone attacks in [[Yemen]], such as by claiming that the attacks were precise and killed only terrorists, not civilians. Following Kahler's directive, Twitter put those Arabic-language accounts on a "white list" to amplify certain messages.
::*''The United States practices [[double standard]]s on the [[freedom of the press]]. It brutally suppresses and silences [[media]] of other countries by various means. The United States and [[Europe]] bar mainstream Russian media such as [[Russia Today]] and the [[Sputnik]] from their countries. Platforms such as Twitter, [[Facebook]] and [[YouTube]] openly restrict official accounts of Russia. [[Netflix]], [[Apple]] and Google have removed Russian channels and applications from their services and app stores. Unprecedented [[draconian]] [[censorship]] is imposed on Russia-related contents.
::*''The United States abuses its cultural hegemony to instigate "peaceful evolution" in [[socialist]] countries. It sets up news media and cultural outfits targeting socialist countries. It pours staggering amounts of public funds into radio and TV networks to support their ideological infiltration, and these mouthpieces bombard socialist countries in dozens of languages with inflammatory [[propaganda]] day and night.
::*''The United States uses [[misinformation]] as a spear to attack other countries, and has built an industrial chain around it: there are groups and individuals making up stories, and peddling them worldwide to mislead public opinion with the support of nearly limitless financial resources.
:*Conclusion
:*Conclusion
::*''While a just cause wins its champion wide support, an unjust one condemns its pursuer to be an outcast. The hegemonic, domineering, and bullying practices of using strength to intimidate the weak, taking from others by force and subterfuge, and playing zero-sum games are exerting grave harm. The historical trends of peace, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit are unstoppable. The United States has been overriding truth with its power and trampling [[justice]] to serve self-interest. These unilateral, egoistic and regressive hegemonic practices have drawn growing, intense criticism and opposition from the international community.
::*''While a just cause wins its champion wide support, an unjust one condemns its pursuer to be an outcast. The hegemonic, domineering, and bullying practices of using strength to intimidate the weak, taking from others by force and subterfuge, and playing zero-sum games are exerting grave harm. The historical trends of peace, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit are unstoppable. The United States has been overriding truth with its power and trampling [[justice]] to serve self-interest. These unilateral, egoistic and regressive hegemonic practices have drawn growing, intense criticism and opposition from the international community.