John Agnew presents us with an invaluable book to understand world geopolitics. Globalization is, in itself, a product made in the USA, exported for international consumption. The determining factor for the expansion of American influence is no longer the invasion of territories, but the spread of the consumption of its "proposals", both on the political and economic and social levels. This notion breaks with the concept of empire as it had been handled since Ottoman times and proposes a reconfiguration of the forms of power, giving way to another form of hegemony. Because US hegemony is not the empire but its way of doing business. The primary goal of US foreign and trade policy is a world that replicates the American way of doing business. Is the US a new hegemon? How does this translate into geopolitical terms? This book offers an analysis that brings to the table theoretical guidelines and questions that are essential for understanding the renewed forms of American power and its relationship with the world.