Global policeman
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Global policeman is an informal term for a state which seeks or claims global hegemony. It has been used, firstly, of the British Empire and, since 1945, of the United States, the most influential of the Four Policemen victorious in World War II.
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See also
- Hegemony
- International law
- Pax Britannica
- Peelian principles
- Power politics
- Superpower collapse
- Thucydides Trap
- World peace
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