Us Hegemony = World Peace

The answer to such a question on U.S. policy is tricky. Should the U.S. even pursue a Global hegemony? The United States shouldn’t pursue such a cause, but will and has already started to pursue such causes. The case against any global hegemony is the same, it creates animosity between the super state and other states, power holds as long as tactics are used to keep a hold on that power, and those tactics tend to become rougher and more ruthless, international consideration is not taken into effect, and when the Super State falls as hegemony, it falls hard causing power rifts in its wake. However, since the United States has already begun its ascent as a hegemony, the question of whether or not it will lead to international peace is convoluted. As long as the U.S. remains a strong hegemony it will maintain peace, either through military, economic, or cultural force.
Military Force
In the case of Militant force, the United States will be able to maintain peace as a Hegemony. The reasoning behind this is simplistic in tactics. Ensure no other countries Military power comes close to the U.S. The united States has the most sophisticated military technology, and to ensure it stays this way a policy on non-private military corporations will have to be maintained and instead be incorporated into the US military research and development. Treat this sector of US Military as a private sector, allowing innovative and creative individuals to take reign of any enterprise; ensuring strong growth in military technology minimizing the sale of these technologies to foreign powers. This tactic will keep the US military as the most advanced military force and therefore the most powerful. Though the policy seems pretty straightforward, the hardship is keeping up a face of democracy and free market, while controlling a portion of the market. It could be said that this policy is not a breach of government because it ensures liberty to the world, but this is balderdash and will be seen as such, therefore any project such as this must be kept secret and military industries will have to remain as a cover for this type of operation.
Economic Force
In terms of economic control, the US Hegemony will need to remain the largest and fastest growing economy. This entails an economic policy of real GDP growth, and a minimizing of leisure time. Holidays will need to be removed and the work week expanded to include either Saturday or Sunday indefinitely, while jobs will have to go from nine to five, and become seven to seven jobs. Twelve hour days on a six day work week. This will insure economic productivity and efficiency. Jobs must leave a total service industry and technology research will need to grow, innovation is the key to a successful market. However, drastic policy changes such as this will cause much dissent, and therefore won’t be able to work, unless a threat is able to be proven to international peace. An economic threat such as an opposing governments economy growing rapidly and sharply, that holds to a different set of ideals. Once scared into the American people along with a decline of US Hegemony economy will in later years create an economic boon and such policies will be followed intently, for the citizenship will gladly lose leisure time in order to ensure their way of life and such prosperity will lead other nations to wanting this way of life.
Social Force
The last is a social power, the US Hegemony will need to ensure that its culture is the most desired, filled with fun and entertainment to captivate other nations into emulation. The quality of life enjoyed by the citizens of a US Hegemony must appear and be greater than any other. This will cause citizens of other nations to revolt or push for a joining to US Hegemony and ensure a growing hegemony, thus increasing the potential for International Peace. Once the majority of the International community is homogenous with the culture of the Hegemony, it should create a relationship between all people. What the US needs to do to ensure this is to create an atmosphere that attracts all peoples, ranging from parks of thrill and entertainment all the way to developed theater and cultured arts, to even majestic natural scenery. The US already has some of these things done by its policy of economic freedom and the low population in relation to its size. Disney world and the Rocky mountains are the two extreme examples the US has at its disposal to make such policy work. What the US Hegemony will need to do is take control of these places politically and enhance their appeal and make them easier to arrive at and afford. If the US takes a policy of lessening the prices of theme parks, and builds upon its natural beauty some more, it makes it easier to battle down resistance for other countries to emulate, and once emulation is obtained, the transferal of culture will be much easier.
The United States has already begun becoming a hegemony by using military and economic force in other places of the world to enforce its form of ideals. This process has been increasingly called globalization, but in reality it is the Americanization of the world. Recent developments in the international community, such as the E.U. and the growth of China has started to affect US globalization policy and I am sure that in a few more years we will see the American backlash against such power threats with cultural expansion and stricter economic and military policy.