'If big and resourceful states cannot resist the US hegemony, it is unrealistic to expect much smaller and weaker non-state actors to offer any resistance'. Examine this proposition and give your opinion.

It is a reality that the big and resourceful state cannot resist the US hegemony because there are differences among big countries like China, India and Russia that have the potential to challenge the US hegemony. Under these circumstances the smaller and weaker non-state actors can offer resistance. These challenges to American hegemony will come from non-governmental organisations, social movements and public opinion. It may come from sections of the media and intellectuals, artists and writers. These various actors may form links across national boundaries, including with Americans, to criticise and resist US policies. We must also remember that it is a unipolar world with US at the top, and we have no option to leave the world. Thus, we can only resist US policies and hegemony within this world.