The United States has long been understood as the principal defender of the post-1945 international order. This report argues that this description no longer fully captures contemporary American behaviour.

Washington remains the world’s leading military, economic, and geopolitical power. Yet across trade, technology, alliances, legal institutions, sanctions, industrial policy, and hemispheric strategy, the United States is increasingly willing to revise elements of the order it helped create.

This report introduces the concept of the revisionist hegemon to explain this shift. The United States is not withdrawing from international politics or abandoning international order. It is attempting to renegotiate the terms of that order around sovereignty, strategic geography, industrial resilience, national power, and transactional reciprocity.

Read the full report to understand:

How the United States is moving from status quo hegemon toward revisionist hegemon.

Why this shift reflects deeper changes in American politics and strategic culture.

How trade, technology, alliances, sanctions, and legal institutions are being reshaped.

What this means for allies, rivals, multinational companies, and the future of international order.