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The presence of a hegemon in regime formation is of central importance to regime theory.1 The successful creation of a regime depends upon three factors. First, the hegemon must possess the capabilities to perform the necessary tasks associated with ordering international interactions. Besides having the necessary organisational skills, this also includes the availability of technological and material resources.
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Stephen Haggard and Beth A Simmons, ‘Theories of international regimes’, International Organisation, 41: 3, 1987, pp. 419–517.
Robert O Keohane, After Hegemony: Co-operation and Discord in the World Political Economy, ( Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1984 ), pp. 34–5.
Mary Ann Tetreault, ‘Regimes and the liberal world order’, Alternatives, vol. 13, 1988, p. 19.
Dwight D Eisenhower, The White House Years: Mandate for Change —1953–56, ( Heineman, London, 1963 ), p. 278.
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Evans, T. (1996). Human Rights and Hegemony. In: US Hegemony and the Project of Universal Human Rights. Southampton Studies in International Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230380103_5
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