مجلة حقوق الإنسان والحريات العامة
Volume 11, Numéro 1, Pages 24-50
2026-06-30

Intercultural Communication, Human Rights, And Global Power: A Critical International Relations Perspective On Contemporary Us Foreign Policy

Authors : Selama Sid Ali .

Abstract

Drawing on Critical International Relations theory, this paper reconceptualizes intercultural communication as a global ethical and political issue deeply entangled with power, hegemony, and human rights. It argues that contemporary foreign policy practices of powerful states, particularly the United States under the Trump administration, pose significant challenges to intercultural competence at a global level by undermining principles of sovereignty, equality, and self-determination. Through a critical analysis of selected cases, including US actions toward Venezuela, claims regarding Greenland, and discursive practices toward African and Global South nations, the study demonstrates how hegemonic state behavior reproduces asymmetrical intercultural relations that contradict the normative foundations of intercultural communication.

Keywords

Intercultural communication ; human rights ; critical international relations ; hegemony ; US foreign policy