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US Hegemony in World Politics
US Hegemony in World Politics picture on Pg 33
(highway
of death)
1. the picture is taken on Highway of
death.
2. It is the road between Kuwait and
Basra.
3.On this road retreating Iraqi army was
attacked by American aircraft during first gulf war in Feb 1991.
4. Us forces deliberately bombed this
stretch where the soldiers who were out of combat and were running away from
the site of war were stuck in traffic jam.
5. Kuwat
prisoners, hostages, palestanian
civilian refugees including Iraqi soldiers were victims.
6.
This was called as war crime and violation of Geneva convention
US Hegemony in World Politics ( Pg 35)
Q.1.
Who was considered to be responsible for this attack ?
Ans.
Al-Qaeda and Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Q.2.
Who was the president of US when this attack took place ?
Ans.
George W Bush
Q.3
What action did George .W.Bush take against it ?
Ans He
as a part of “ Global war on terror” launched “Operation enduring Freedom”
against all suscpected
mainly Al-qaeda .
US Hegemony in World Politics ( Pg
35)
Q.1.
Who was considered to be responsible for this attack ?
Ans.
Al-Qaeda and Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Q.2.
Who was the president of US when this attack took place ?
Ans.
George W Bush
Q.3
What action did George .W.Bush take against it ?
Ans He
as a part of “ Global war on terror” launched “Operation enduring Freedom”
against all suscpected
mainly Al-qaeda .
Q.4.What
was operation enduring freedom ?
Ans.
1.The US forces made arrests all over
the world with or without the knowledge of the government .
2.They detained the arrested people
in a secret place.
3.Some of them were brought to
Guantanamo Bay, a US navy base in cuba .
Here
the prisoners did not get protection from international law or law of their own
country.
Q. 5.
What was “operation Infinity reach” ?
Ans.
1.US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and
Dar-es-Salaam
were bombed.
2.Al-Qaeda , a terrorist organization
was held responsible for this.
3.President Clinton ordered Operation
Infinity Reach in which missile stike was
done on Al-Qaeda terrorists targets in Sudan and Afghanistan
In
response to this attack Al-Qaeda attacked U.S. on 11 sep
2001.
US Hegemony in World Politics ( Pg
36)
Q. Who is the person wearing the cap ?
Ans. It is the Country US which has the Haegemony in
world politics.
Q. What is conveyed in the cartoon ?
Ans. The US Haegemony.
Q. What event correlated with this event?
Ans US response to September 9 attack
against Al- Qaeda and Taliban.
Q. “You posed a potential threat “…what
does this mean ?
Ans
.Terrorist outfits attacked the US embassies .US perceived a threat from them
and attacked them.9/11 attack was an attack on US haegemony and
in response to this US launched Operation Enduring Freedom.It
means US being a Hegemony would threaten or attack all those which appear to be
a threat to its Haegemony.
US Hegemony in World Politics ( Pg
37)
Q.1
What does this huge and powerful soldier
represent ?
Ans.
The Country with Haegemony in
world Politics, The USA.
Q.2
What is written on the uniform of the soldier ?
Ans
Names of countries.
Q.3.
What does this convey ?
Ans
1.On 19 March 2003, US had launched “
operation Iraqi Freedom “ to invade Iraq.
2.More than 40 countries joined US in
this operation
3.The countries which joined US their
names are written on the uniform of the soldier.
Q.4.What
was the purpose of this Operation ?
Ans To
prevent Iraq from developing Weapons of Mass Destruction ( WMD)
Q.Was
there any other hidden reason for this attack ?
Ans .
Yes, it was thought that the main purpose of the attack was to control the
Iraqi oil field and have a person ruling Iraq who maintains friendly relations
with US.
US Hegemony in World Politics-
Cartoon – Under US Thumb –Pg.38
Q.1.What does this huge figure
wearing black coat of lawyers represent?
Ans USA
Q.2. What does this convey to you ?
Ans US Haegemony
Q.3 Wht is
the balance of justice shown small and thumb shown big.
Ans It
means that it is up to US to take decision on the matter of justice.Whatever it
thinks and decides that it considers to be right and does not take any one
else’s opinion.
Q.4 What is meant by Under US
thumb?
Ans It
means US is controlling all and all others have to listen and abide by it.
Q.5. What is meant by Haegemony ?
Ans .
When a country gains power over other countries by either by military power,
economic power,political
power or cultural superiority
US Hegemony in World Politics- Map
work
Q. Identify the country with the Haegemony in
world politics.
Q. Identify a country from the east
which is competing with US to be a hegemonic power.
Q. Identify the countries where US
embassies were bombed by Al- Qaeda
Q. Identify
the country which was invaded by Iraq?
Q.
Identify the country whose president was accused of WMD.
US Hegemony in World Politics –
Dollar World – Pg.40
Q.1
What does this cartoon convey ?
Ans It
shows the dominance of US economy all over the world.
Q.2
What is the nature of hegemony?
Ans.
This is the Haegemony as
structural power.
Q.3.
What is the basic idea of this kind of Haegemony.
Ans.
Open world economy can not run without a dominant power to support its creation
and existence
Q.4Mention
any two examples of this Hegemony.
Ans.
Role played by US in providing Global Public Goods
US
share of world economy is 28 percent – Bretton Woods system set up by US still
continues to be the basic structure of economy
US Hegemony in World Politics – Super
Power Stage – Pg.47
Q.1. Which country is shown on the stage of
super power ?
Ans.
USA
Q. 2.
How long
USA has been on this stage?
Ans
Since the disintegration of USSR , that is 1991.
Q.3. Do you think it is correct to have one
super power.
Ans No,
I think many more countries should come up as a powerful nation which can
resist the hegemony of US as this would lead to balance of power
Or
Write
on your own whatever you think
is correct and justify
Q.4. Is US hegemony going to continue for a
long period of time ?
Ans The
US hegemony would continue till rest of the countries start to follow the
strategy of resistance. Presently the powerful countries are following the
strategy of HIDE, they can come together and challenge the power of US.
Q.5.
China is
shown waiting in the wings, can any other country too can be considered
eligible to be in waiting?
Ans.Yes,
Russia, India , European Union
Q. 6.
What do
you understand by China sown in waiting?
Ans it
is becoming powerful and would soon be in position to challenge US as hegemonic
power
Q.7. Why is US shown alone on the stage ?
Ans To
show the unipolar world.
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