International relations theory, communitarianism, and US grand strategy - Whither Africa?

A central paradox of Amitai Etzioni's From Empire to Community: A New Approach to International Relations relates to how U.S. hegemony, or semi-empire, will be transcended. The United States is expected to use its hegemony to create anew world order that will transcend that hegemony and concomitantly hasten the end of tire unipolar moment in international politics. How does this fit with US. grand strategy, in particular that of the Bush administration? And is there a place for Africa in this strategy and in the communitarian project? The answer to these questions largely rests in the relationship between U.S. foreign policy and the push and pull of domestic politics.