Abstract When and under what conditions does hegemony pay? The fate of any hegemonic order hinges on the answer to this question. Notwithstanding major relevant research traditions, international relations scholarship remains poorly equipped to answer it. We fill this gap with a theoretical framework for understanding the costs and benefits of hegemony that identifies the conditions that affect potential complementarity between military protection and economic production. We show how this relationship varies in different international systems in ways that confounded previous research. Contrary to widely held views in US domestic politics and in the security studies research community, we argue that under current conditions complementarity between protection and production means the maintenance of hegemonic order remains beneficial to the United States.

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Raison de l'Hégémonie（霸权的利益）：霸权的成本和收益理论

摘要 霸权何时何地付出代价？任何霸权秩序的命运都取决于这个问题的答案。尽管有重要的相关研究传统，但国际关系学术仍然缺乏足够的能力来回答这个问题。我们用一个理解霸权的成本和收益的理论框架填补了这一空白，该框架确定了影响军事保护和经济生产之间潜在互补性的条件。我们展示了这种关系如何在不同的国际体系中以混淆先前研究的方式变化。与美国国内政治和安全研究界广泛持有的观点相反，