Investigating the Political-Economic Parameters of the Decline of the United States of America

Just as it is natural for powers to rise and fall on the world stage, so it is natural for them to decline and fall. There are several factors involved in this rise and fall, depending on the strength of the advantage; War, economics, the costs of being a superpower, global politics, the decline of ideologies, and the like are among the most important reasons for this decline. The United States, which began its rise on the world stage in the 19th century, became an international hegemonic power after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, from that time on, there were signs of a decline in this power. Studies have shown that the United States in terms of political indicators such as democracy, human rights, soft power (education, graduate education and the number of foreign students, assistance to less privileged countries, etc.), military power (military budget and military spending of rival powers) , Economic power and other indicators of hegemonic superiority, its distance from other global competitors is narrowing. The present article seeks to examine the political-economic factors of this country that lead to economic decline. Our main question is what are the effective political-economic factors of the decline of American hegemony? The method of this article is qualitative of descriptive-analytical type that uses documentary and library sources to answer the main question.