How hegemon conducts geoeconomics warfare?

‘Warfare by other means’ includes geopolitics as well as geoeconomics posturing. At present more than diplomacy it is the economic manoeuvre that does the talking. Here are five of these geoeconomics moves used extensively by a hegemon:

1. An In-built admin system that coordinates geoeconomics pressure brought upon the weaker nations along with military as well as political pressure. It is carried thru by the establishment of an early warning system interwoven within diplomatic representation of the hegemon in host countries. Before a country makes a move, for example, imposing imports quota on the goods & services hegemon exports to that country, a pre-emptive manoeuvre is made to warn the country that, there could be consequences.

2. Constantly hold the balance of power between hegemon and host country in favour of the former and keeps the latter remains beholden to the hegemon. Any departure necessitates response in areas such as: trade & finance, funds transmission, reserve banking and finally reporting to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for actual or imagined misdemeanour.

3. Hegemon has strong defence set-up not only in terms of military & diplomatic prowess but also the capacity to counter any moves by host country construed as going against the ‘rules based international order (RBIO)’ where all the rules are set by the hegemon and she has the sole authority to adjudicate any action that is detrimental to him and his allies.

4. If at any time host country rises against the hegemon an unannounced war of attrition is imposed over that country in international platforms such as World Trade Organization (WTO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) in such a manner that host country is bedevilled by caution, criticism, threats and finally removal from these institutions.

5. Indeed hegemon likes quick resolution of a dispute with host nation. But if the host is adamant in not giving into these pressures a long drawn out geoeconomics war would be declared where the escalation dominance would be with the hegemon forever!

 

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Muthu Ashraff Rajulu

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