American Hegemony's Multilateralism Behaviors and Motives

After World War II,the United States had advocated multilateralism in international politics in order to restructure the world order. However,since the end of the Cold War period,the United States as a country of unipolar hegemony has assumed an instrumental attitude towards multilateralism. This can be mainly accounted for by the following factors. Firstly,the American historical experience determines the American approach of regarding multilateralism as a means instead of an end for international order; Secondly,different parties hold different ideas about multilateralism,resulting in different policies concerning American involvement in international affairs; Thirdly,the concerns about different targets of foreign policies influence American policy-makers' decision about whether or not a multilateralism strategy should be adopted.