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So it's better to be dominated by an even bigger hegemon from further away? >natural friend of small countries resisting regional hegemony Consider Cuba or Ve

by tdba 4y ago

So it's better to be dominated by an even bigger hegemon from further away? >natural friend of small countries resisting regional hegemony Consider Cuba or Venezuela and their relationship to the USA.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> it's better to be dominated by an even bigger hegemon from further away? Objectively, yes. In no small part because maritime powers tend to knit together alliances, not annex and colonise the way land powers do. > Consider Cuba or Venezuela and their relationship to the USA In both these cases, we are the regional hegemon.