#2500 - Scott Horton

American foreign policy functions as a neo-colonial project aimed at maintaining global hegemony, rather than a conspiracy to establish a one-world government. Neoconservative strategies, such as the Wolfowitz Doctrine and the "Clean Break" policy, have driven decades of interventionism, leading to disastrous outcomes in Iraq and the broader Middle East. By consistently overextending military commitments and provoking regional powers like Russia and Iran, the U.S. has inadvertently strengthened its adversaries and undermined its own security. The expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe and persistent meddling in neighboring states like Belarus and Kazakhstan have forced Russia into a defensive posture, while the U.S. military presence in the Gulf has become a strategic liability. Ultimately, the pursuit of total dominance has proven bankrupt, as evidenced by the vulnerability of American assets to Iranian missile capabilities and the failure of regime-change efforts.