خلاصة:
The concept of American decline was for the first time used by theoreticians such as Imanuel Wallerstein. Wallerstein offered the theory of cycles of hegemony, which focused on the decline and weakening of American relative power. The core of Wallerstein’s idea was the decline of the US power vis-à-vis dollar and gold. In the post-cold war era, the US situation in global politics and economy declined more than ever. The US in the 21st century became engaged in endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and many other geographical regions. The surprise withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan under President Biden demonstrated that war and peace lacked the formations of tactical and strategic action. The said developments indicated that the US capabilities have gradually declined, making new waves of crises and conflicts in the region inevitable. The main question of the present paper is as follows: What factors have affected the gradual decline of America? The hypothesis of this paper is as follows: Unilateralism and endless conflicts of the United States in the crisis-ridden regions are among the factors that have led to an increase in strategic costs of the United States. Structural neorealism approach has been used in this paper. Merchheimer mentioned that the US role in endless regional crises led to the increase in strategic costs of this country. Data and content analysis has been used in this research.
ملخص الجهاز:
The article's hypothesis points to the fact that the unilateralism and endless engagements of the United States in crisis zones are among the factors that have led to the increase in America's strategic costs and the phased decline of that country.
In the current circumstances, some American theorists have adopted a decline-oriented approach and point out that America's structural costs in the years following the Cold War have increased compared to its tactical capabilities.
1- Schuler's perspective on the process and manner of America's decline Schuler, in the book Deadly Imbalances1 published by Columbia University, points out that the United States has based the main axis of its policy in Southwest Asia on unilateralism.
Pompeo sought to organize a new form of geopolitical position for Iran and, based on that, create the ground for limiting Iran's power in the regional environment through increasing sanctions and unilateral generalization.
7- Explaining and Threatening the Data of America's Decline America's security vulnerabilities have increased noticeably in the years following the Cold War. Although limited signs of challenges arising from supra-national actors and great powers of global politics against America have emerged during this period, it can be noted that a new form of security challenges must be observed in the regional and international environment.
The crisis of decline in the structure of America's global power is related to conditions that have provided the ground for increasing interventionism, the expansion of unilateralism, and America's endless wars in the regional environment.
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