OPINION

American hegemony is waning

News, Carla Norrlöf is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto., Published on 21/03/2026

» The messy crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has clarified how power works in the 21st century. It reminds us that the greatest long-term threat to the United States is not China's military buildup or Russian aggression, but the gradual fragmentation of the alliance system that has underwritten its global leadership since World War II.