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July 12, 2026The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global StudiesOpen Access

Deconstructing the US Administration’s Conceptualization of Strategic Corruption

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BDBenedict E. DeDominicisCatholic University of Korea

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Analyzed the concept of strategic corruption in US administration's responses to international legitimacy threats, implicating populism.

Key Points

  • This analysis explores how strategic corruption is conceptualized within the frameworks of hegemony and populism by the US administration.
  • Analysis of social identity theory as applied to Gramscian hegemony.
  • Examination of the Biden and Trump administrations' narratives on corruption and legitimacy.
  • Comparative study of authoritarian and democratic responses to corruption.
  • Biden administration's view depicts Moscow's actions as strategic corruption aimed at undermining global stability.
  • Trump administration's populism rejects traditional US legitimacy claims about post-Cold War hegemony.
  • Corruption is portrayed contextually as a violation of public goods like national security and self-determination.

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Benedict E. DeDominicis (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5332f94f7abc118adedff0https://doi.org/10.18848/2324-755x/cgp/a170
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