Pax Americana
Proper noun
Meaning
Pax Americana
The period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States.
Synonym: long peace
Examples
As in similar instances elsewhere, this Pax Americana was not quite clearly marked in its geographical limit, nor was it guided by any theoretical consistency, but rather by the merits of the case and the test of immediate expediency in each instance.
Can Pax Americana survive the coronavirus?
Charles Kupchan, “Life after Pax Americana,” World Policy, 16/3, (1999): p 20-27.
During both Pax Romana and Pax Americana wars continued to occur, but it was still a prosperous time for both Western and Roman civilizations.
Just seven years later, many of these same critics seem quite comfortable with the idea of a Pax Americana."
But the core of his message was protectionist and nativist, comfortable with an expansive welfare state, bored with religious conservatism, and dismissive of the commitments that constitute the post-Cold War Pax Americana.