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Bookmark or Share- Pax Americana Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of PAX AMERICANA is American peace —used for the period of relative tranquility from circa 1945 to the present day in regions to which U.S. power has extended.
- Pax Americana - WikipediaThe term Pax Americana was explicitly used by John F. Kennedy in the 1960s, who advocated against the idea, arguing that the Soviet bloc was composed of human beings with the same individual goals as Americans and that such a peace based on "American weapons of war" was undesirable:
- The last days of Pax Americana - New StatesmanThe Pax Americana during the Cold War was a hierarchy, whose members specialised in different functions. As the bloc’s hegemonic power, the US unilaterally provided military protection and economic services to its allies and client-states with little or no expectation of reciprocity on their part.
- Inflection Points: Pax Americana at a Crossroad | GJIAFor many in the Global South, the ‘American Peace’ or Pax Americana is a mirage amid a world of war, economic hardship, forced migration, environmental calamity, and political repression while lacking local and global representation.
- Pax Americana - Political DictionaryIn the post-World War II era, Pax Americana symbolized a period of relative international peace and stability underpinned by the United States’ dominant influence in global politics. Many historians argue that the concept of Pax Americana accurately reflects the extended period of American geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War.
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