1. What is the power?
   1. information (CNN etc)
   2. power to deny
   3. power to assert (IMF enlargement)
2. Who has it?
   1. USA structurally
   2. Japan relationally in the Yen-area (didn't work in Eastern Europe)
   3. Global financial markets
3. What is the role of the hegemonic power?
   1. guidance
   2. "agenda setting"
   3. sets the rules of the game