Hildegard Boettger passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at the age of 86. She was born in Germany and had six siblings. Hildegard immigrated to the United States at the age of 19.

In addition to hard military power, a hegemon will also have substantial economic weight and considerable reserves of ‘soft power’ – the power of its ideas, an ideological and cultural appeal which ...