Pax Americana

glossary · proper noun

The “American peace” — the post-1945 order of US-led globalization, open markets, and American security guarantees.

And just as sprawling empires yielded to regional powers and to nation-states, so too will Pax Americana eventually transition.

As used in: the-agentic-paradigm

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