Long-term hegemony has cultivated an arrogant and self-important attitude in Washington. The politicians and strategists currently guiding US strategy, having grown up during the peak of American domination, often view global relations through a hegemonic lens. They lack a proper and realistic understanding of the geopolitical shifts and changes in national power triggered by globalization and China's development. They continue using Cold War-era basic understandings of international relations and order to shape policies, striving to maintain America's hegemonic status, leading to a severe misdirection in US strategy toward China.

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