“While the US was hegemonic in the era of geopolitics, it is greatly weakened as globalization competes with, and gains ascendancy over, geopolitics.”

— George Ritzer

Source: Globalization - A Basic Text (2010), Chapter 6, Global Political Structures and Processes, p. 149

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American sociologist 1940

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“While the US was hegemonic in the era of geopolitics, it is greatly weakened as globalization competes with, and gains ascendancy over, geopolitics.”

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