Demokratija kao svetski proces i međunarodno pravni nazori Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Democracy As A Worldwide Process And International Law Views Of The United States Of America

Summary/Abstract: Defeats of the fascist totalitarianism in World War II and that of the communist totalitarianism in the Cold War represent victories of the liberal democracy, personified in the United States of America as the indisputable leader of the demoliberal countries. The object of the liberal democracy is a world state, the projection of which had already been given by Kant, the unvoidableness of which was pointed out by H. Cohen, his Jewish follower, as well as by A.J. Toynbee, the English theoretician of history. The legitimacy of the world state lies in preventing wars among peoples and in replacing national policies by the universal economy. Initial steps towards the world state were made in the 20th century, first of all, thanks to the will of the United States: the League of Nations created in 1919, followed by the United Nations in 1945. It is reasonable to put a question: Is the mankind today, when the United States is the only world-wide power, close to attaining this goal, or new political confrontations are arising within it. To provide an answer, we must start from the essence of the liberal democracy: it is plutocracy. However, its realistic constitution – trinity of the financial capital, urban masses and intellectuals demagogues – cannot be found in the formal charters and human rights declarations. As a plutocracy, the United States of America has developed a characteristic "pacifistic-militant" imperialism the basic principle of which is: Jujus economic, emus region. It is important to note that the basic principle of the communist imperialism belongs here as well: Cujus regio, ejus oeconomia. Following their basic principle, the United States of America gives up the classical, annexational imperialism and strive to replace it with a form more appropriate to that principle: "control". "Control", in a particular sense, imparted to it by the plutocratic imperialism, means that a controlled state formally remains completely sovereign, but that its policy is really determined by the state having "control" over it. The most complete the "control" is when the power exerting it completely takes over the economy of the controlled state. The doctrine which translate the North American imperialism into the world of the international law is called "Monroe Doctrine". What is particular about this doctrine is that the United States demands that other countries recognize it, but retain an exclusive right to its interpretation and application; under the "Monroe Doctrine", no one except the States can derive whatever pretensions. In its original form, as that given by its creator, James Monroe, President of the Union, in 1823, it forbids European powers to intervene in the domain of the "Western Hemisphere"; in return, the United States promises not to mix into their conflicts. At that time, the "Western Hemisphere" covered the mainland of the North, Central and South Americas. The first significant correction took place during World War I, when t

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