Review for Wednesday, September 5

Gen. MacArthur &
Emperor Hirohito

Below is a list of questions that we discussed in class this past Wednesday:

• In what way does having a global security interest indicate hegemonic aims?
• Is a policy of preemption or prevention an indicator of hegemonic aims? How about a global network of naval and air bases?
• Might there be defensive, non-expansionist reasons for seeing security interests all over the globe, for wanting to revise the international system?
• Might there be non-hegemonic reasons for maintaining a global system of military bases?
• If some policymakers in high ranking positions are calling for hegemony, does that make the state in question hegemonic?

Feel free to address these questions for participation points.