Question
Describe any two constraints on American Hegemony.

Answer

Two constraints on American Hegemony:-
  1. Institutional architecture of the American State itself.
  2. A system of division of powers between the three branches of the government places significant brakes upon the unrestrained exercise of America‘s military power by executive branch.
  3. Open nature of American society.

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