GLOBALIZATION , HEGEMONIC STABILITY AND IMPERIALISM CROSSING ROADS

Since the end of twentieth century the term of ‘global’ started to use so much in many activities including cultural, economic and political. Global politics, global culture, global economy and so on. All those concepts traditionally attributable to the states (nation-states) slowly become a global matter. From Mc Donald’s hamburgers to education, from trade to crime, nearly everything influenced by the ‘global’ phenomenon. Global! This term has become to something refers to the internationalization of all of these terms or the universalization of the well established norms and regimes. On the other hand globalization for some refers to deterritorialization since it is the abolishment of the artificial state borders for the ease of the global activities such as erect of the trade barriers or barriers against to the free capital flow. No doubt, high technology and revolution in communication and transportation are the main reasons why the things become global. Contemporary globalization has reached levels unseen since before 1914. The main motivations behind the changes associated with globalization unsurprisingly have become one of the most important subjects of academic debate. This in an effort to define this new process will seek answers to the questions; Does the viability of the globalisation process necessarily imply the hegemony of a great power? And Use the analyses of imperialism from the late 19^th to the early 20^th century as the basis for considering whether contemporary globalisation a form of imperialism?