Employing "NATO" in the Hegemonic Strategy of the United States of America after the Cold War

Abstract

The North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) has formed a necessity to preserve the interests of the United States of America around the world, as its previous traditional function was confronting the Soviet Union, which was disintegrated into several states or republics, and its subsequent solution of the Warsaw Pact. NATO has even expanded to include states outside the European continent, a move sought by the United States to maintain its status as a global power and continue its military and political hegemony worldwide.

The United States has been and continues to bear the largest burden in funding this alliance and insists on leading it as part of its hegemonic strategy. The inclusion of new members into the alliance, given the current global conditions and the ramifications of the Ukraine-Russia war, both on the world at large and on Europe and the United States in particular, is a fulfillment of this strategy. Thus, Encircling Russia with new members is part of the American strategy to contain Russia and China as rival powers to American hegemony