Has the United States' Manifest Destiny Run Its Course. U.S. Foreign Policy Juxtaposed Against Fourth Generation Warfare

摘要

The current application of Global Meliorism ignores that fact that while the current counterparts of the United States are engaging in fourth generation warfare, the United States is driven by third generation policy history. The U.S. policy makers in a fourth generation warfare environment are acting as Meliorists to the wrong actors and thus the policies are flawed. The growing number and power of influence of today's nonstate actor groups will not subside. Intergroup and internetwork relationships need to be addressed in addition to interstate relationships. Only once this is understood can a policy be forged to influence the correct actions from the correct actors in the interest of the United States and her partners. When juxtaposed with the nonstate actors of fourth generation warfare and the lack of directed application of policy to influence the destiny upon them, then the destiny has run its course and has met the end of its sphere of eminence.