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New Eastern Outlook - Aug 2014 - clique aqui.
EUA fracassa em impor a sua hegemonia ao globo, pois só lhe resta um recurso: poder militar.
One of the most conspicuous facts of the twenty-first century is complete failure of the globe’s “sole” super power in achieving any of its major foreign policy objectives. Perhaps, one of the major reasons for this failure is the US’ strategy of solely relying on its military power. 

However, the fact that the increased militarization of the Middle East/West Asia and Central Asia and other regions of the world, such as Africa, has now started to blow back on the US is a remarkable evidence of complete failure of the US’ twenty-first century grand strategy. Not only has the US been unable to achieve its critical, vital or even peripheral objectives in Afghanistan, it has also failed on other fronts such as Iraq, Syria and Iran—hence, the emergence of ‘new’ trends both in policy and the instruments of executing that policy. Nonetheless, the basic objective of the US’ policy remains the same, that is, the establishment of unchallenged politico-economic and military global hegemony. At the heart of the US’ policy orientation is stubborn and deliberate refusal to accept change—the emergence of other super powers—-that has been taking place in the world since the dawn of this century. In fact, it would not be wrong to argue that the US’ grand strategy and grand objectives are in themselves a response to this very reality; however, refusal to acknowledge this reality continues to influence and shape the “mad-dog” behaviour of the policy makers of the US’ successive governments.