Pax Americana

E100800

geopolitical concept historical era international relations theory concept

Pax Americana refers to the period of relative international stability and dominance under U.S. political, economic, and military leadership following World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American primacy	1
Pax Americana canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geopolitical concept ⓘ historical era ⓘ international relations theory concept ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
associatedWithInstitution	International Monetary Fund ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization United Nations ⓘ World Bank ⓘ World Trade Organization ⓘ
characterizedBy	U.S. economic leadership ⓘ U.S. global dominance ⓘ U.S. military supremacy ⓘ U.S. political influence ⓘ relative international stability ⓘ
criticizedFor	U.S. hegemony ⓘ interventionism ⓘ neo-imperialism ⓘ
culturalDimension	spread of American culture ⓘ spread of American values ⓘ
debatedInContextOf	U.S. relative decline ⓘ multipolar world order ⓘ rise of China ⓘ
economicModelPromoted	capitalism ⓘ free trade ⓘ
economicOrder	Bretton Woods system ⓘ liberal international economic order ⓘ
hasAnalogyWith	Pax Britannica ⓘ Pax Romana ⓘ
hasOriginPeriod	post-World War II era ⓘ
influencedByEvent	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Latin ⓘ
literalMeaning	American peace ⓘ
politicalModelPromoted	liberal democracy ⓘ
relatedConcept	American hegemony ⓘ liberal international order ⓘ unipolarity ⓘ
securityOrder	U.S.-led alliance system ⓘ nuclear deterrence ⓘ
startPeriod	after 1945 ⓘ
supportedByArgument	hegemonic stability theory ⓘ
supportedByPolicy	Marshall Plan ⓘ NATO security guarantees ⓘ Truman Doctrine ⓘ containment policy ⓘ
timeSpanDebated	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War period post-Cold War period ⓘ
usedInDiscipline	history ⓘ international relations ⓘ political science ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Century → relatedTo → Pax Americana ⓘ

The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives → focusesOn → Pax Americana ⓘ

this entity surface form: American primacy