U.S. hegemony and the policy of regional modeling: Theoretical framework

Abstract

In this essay, ‘‘regional modelling’’ that has been increasingly applied as an hegemonic policy almost for the last twenty years is examined with a view to clarify the locus of that policy in international relation theory. Some states at regional level are examplified through modelling based on free market principles, democratic norms and civil society; so that it is targeted that form of statehood of all states at global scale is singularized. Taking into account the reality that current international system is unipolar in which U.S. is the hegemonic power; to connect the initiation of transforming states in developing and underdeveloped regions in line with the models proposed, with main theoretical approaches in international relations might contribute to a certain extent to understanding current world politics.