Espaces et échanges: how does USA exerts its influence in different ways?

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• The vectors of the propagation of American culture are the press, the book, the record and, above all, cinema and television, which give the world a manufactured image of American life and promote the penetration of the products of multinationals based in the States -United. Since the entry of Hollywood companies (Fox, Warner Bros, Universal Studios, Sony Pictures, Paramount, Walt Disney and Miramax) into Europe and the rest of the world, film production has grown in the form of Export of films and blockbusters. With television, series from the United States contributed to the cultural Americanization of the world and brought their weight in the US trade balance. Some countries, such as France,

• Another essential vector of American cultural predominance is the English language, spoken in the context of trade and in major international forums.

- A planetary military presence

• Since 1992, the United States is the only military superpower in the world. The bipolar world ended with the disappearance of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the disappearance of the USSR in December 1991. Whether the Western bloc's victory over the Soviet bloc was " The end of history ", as Francis Fukuyama claims, with the definitive triumph of liberal democracy and the market economy, it forces the United States to rethink an undisputed leadership.

• The Gulf War in Afghanistan and then against Iraq provided an opportunity to deploy its military force - most often under the banner of the United Nations. The victory of US logistics and advanced technology on the Iraqi armies has demonstrated the superiority of the United States. On the international level, the country conducts alliances in a logic of control of international institutions.

• Thus, the United States belongs to military ( NATO ) and economic organizations ( NAFTA , APEC , G8), on which they weigh all their economic and diplomatic weight. At the UN , the IMF and the World Bank, the US administration tries to impose its views and reinforces the image of a world polarized around its arbitrations.

• The United States has a military presence on all continents. Their army intervenes either under the aegis of the United Nations, or in order to preserve American interests (oil in Iraq). The country has also frequently intervened in Latin America (Nicaragua, Panama), which is its privileged zone of influence

Conclusion: Actually, with the globalization, the American influence became much easier considering the fact that we are attracted by their advertisement and think of “the American way of life” as the dream life. Moreover, we are becoming slaves to their culture and completely forgetting our roots.

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