Prashad is an outspoken critic of what he calls American hegemony and imperialism. The principle of nationalism called for overthrowing the Manchus and ending foreign hegemony over China. Unity without diversity results in cultural repression and hegemony. This is consistent with the general notion of hegemony and imperium of historical empires. Dugin claims to disapprove of liberalism and the West, particularly American hegemony. All these tribes had independence and territorial hegemony. Gunboat diplomacy is considered a form of hegemony. He criticized U.S. global hegemony and the control exerted by multinationals. This confederacy was dominated by Thebes, a city hostile to the Spartan hegemony. The Northern Territories opposed a Southern Rhodesian hegemony, one that the CRO promoted. Mearsheimer proposes that states maximize relative power ultimately aiming for regional hegemony. The battle ended the threat of Ottoman naval hegemony in the Mediterranean. It was a step toward Japan gaining regional hegemony in Korea. Their restoration aimed at grounding Roman hegemony in this ancestral religious tradition of the Latins. This coincides with the final demise of Avar hegemony over the western Balkans.