Nothing says "Americanization" like a Soviet McDonald's or a Starbucks in China's Forbidden City. Dr. Greg Hodgin discusses political soft power, American Cultural Imperialism, manifest destiny in space, and explains why the internet is basically neocolonialism on crack.

Dr. Greg Hodgin, the Executive Director and Founder of Peacebuilding Solutions and the ZC Institute. He graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and from Georgia State University with a Bachelor’s in History, a Master’s in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Political Science.