Editing Rogue state (section)

== United States as a rogue state ==
Some critics of [[Foreign policy of the United States|US foreign policy]] describe the [[United States]] as a rogue state. [[William Blum]]'s 2000 book ''Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower'' suggests that US-led interventions around the world during and after the [[Cold War]] have threatened the world's peace.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A candid look at the true state of the world’s real ‘rogue state’ |url=https://crescent.icit-digital.org/articles/a-candid-look-at-the-true-state-of-the-world-s-real-rogue-state |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Crescent International}}</ref> Noam Chomsky has also described the US as a rogue state after the [[assassination of Qasem Soleimani]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Polychroniou |first=C. J. |date=7 January 2020 |title=Noam Chomsky: US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani's Assassination Confirms It |url=https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-us-is-a-rogue-state-and-suleimanis-assassination-confirms-it/ |access-date=9 April 2020 |website=Truthout |language=en-US}}</ref> Its nuclear proliferation and [[United States and weapons of mass destruction|large numbers of nuclear warheads]] (the second most in the world), sponsorship of terrorist or guerilla groups to [[United States involvement in regime change|overthrow opposing governments]] especially in [[United States involvement in regime change in Latin America|Latin America]], and [[United States war crimes|violations of human rights in wartime]] are all suggested to be characteristics of a rogue state. The US has also passed a law threatening to invade [[The Hague]] if American officials or military personnel were to ever be prosecuted for [[War crime|war crimes]] called  the [[American Service-Members' Protection Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 August 2002 |title=U.S.: 'Hague Invasion Act' Becomes Law {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law |access-date=24 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>