President of Eritrea: Russia has the right to defend itself against hegemonic America

Some people think the term aggression only applies when country A resorts to physical violence, aka military power against other countries. But what if there is another sort of act that superpowers or the traditionally known empires use to dominate the weaker countries, subjugate them and shape their policies to a direction that serves the interests of the empire, regardless of what serves the best interests of the people in the less powerful countries?

This act is called hegemony and it has five dimensions in today’s international relations: political hegemony, military hegemony, economic hegemony, technological hegemony and cultural hegemony.

The absolute hegemonic country in the world after the fall of the Soviet Union is the United States which uses its hegemonic power to 1- lead a number of allied nations under the umbrella of Washington and 2- subjugate other nations to reach one of two objectives: (A) to either force them to become part of the US-led block and harmonize their policies with of the US or (B) When there is resistance, to destroy a nation’s capacity to develop independently from the US monetary system.

In short, hegemony is defined as a state’s political, economic and military dominance or control over other nations, often supported by legitimating norms, ideas and even ideologies. In the 21st century, superpowers such as the US and countries with global aspirations such as China employ technology in the service of their hegemonic status.

This introduction paves the way for the topic of today’s video which is the recent statements of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki to Sputnik which Western political elites did not appreciate.

Aswerki said, “We are against the domination or hegemony of one nation. We can’t accept it. And our support for the Russian Federation against these hegemonic policies was a natural phenomenon or outcome of what we did also.”