Multipolar Revisionism and Cutting the Cost of American Hegemony:: The Long-Run Is Here

Multipolar Revisionism and Cutting the Cost of American Hegemony offers timely analysis of how shifting global power dynamics are reshaping the international order. Grounded in Structural Realism, Hanna Samir Kassab examines how states pursue survival through power accumulation in an increasingly multipolar world.

Through detailed case studies, including U.S. foreign policy under Presidents Biden and Trump, the rise of revisionist powers like China and Russia, and the emergence of BRICS currency alternatives, this book explores the strategic consequences of American retrenchment. Kassab analyzes alliance reconfigurations, economic challenges to U.S. dominance, and the geopolitical implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The book concludes with a forward-looking assessment of how diplomacy, alliance-building, and recognition of spheres of influence may stabilize the global system and preserve American power into the 22nd century.

Essential reading for scholars, graduate students, and policy professionals in Security Studies, International Relations, and Global Affairs, it also offers accessible insights for advanced undergraduates and informed readers seeking to understand the forces driving today’s geopolitical transitions.

Hanna Samir Kassab is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Security Studies at East Carolina University. He teaches courses in national security, foreign policy and global politics. His most recent books Post-Colonial Realism: Cultural Conflicts, Cuisine, and the Changing International System and Post-Cold War Predictions: Politicism in Practice arepublished by Routledge. His journal articles include ＂Mackinder’s Heartland Thesis and the Belt and Road Initiative: Russia’s Growing Dependence on China in the Aftermath of the Ukraine War＂ Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations＂ in AUSTRAL and ＂Prestige, Humiliation and Saving Face: National Identity and Great Power Politics＂ in Contemporary Military Challenges.