Unconventional war on sovereign nations

The last stage of US imperialism

      For the last decade, the United States has unleashed a new kind of aggressive warfare against a number of nations that refuse to subordinate their interests to those of the USA, utilizing a hybrid methodology with economic, political, military, cultural, and ideological dimensions.  It is the last stage of U.S. imperialism.  Unconventional war cannot reverse decades of U.S. economic decline, and therefore it cannot attain its goal of sustaining U.S. hegemony in the neocolonial world-system.  In addition, the unconventional war increases the unity of anti-imperialist states and deepens their interest in constructing an alternative to U.S. hegemony.  The U.S. unconventional war is a sign of the decadence of U.S. imperialism.

      What will be the final result of a failed unconventional war?  The evidence points to two possibilities: on the one hand, an era of worldwide chaos and savagery; and on the other hand, an alternative more just and sustainable world-system.  As I discuss b…