title: O medo existencial no percurso hegemónico dos Estados Unidos da América
abstract: Since its founding, the United States of America has sought guarantees of absolute security by responding to various threats, regardless of the distribution of power in the international system. However, a paradox remains in how the North American great power configures these threats, defining them as existential, even if asymmetric. This article argues that the strategic narrative found in US history, but structured and institutionalised multidimensionally by the Truman administration vis-à-vis
journal: Relações Internacionais