The term Global arrogance is mostly used[lower-alpha 1] to describe the supposed hegemony of the United States over other countries. According to David Ellwood, global arrogance is "when your culture and economic clout are so powerful and widely diffused that you do not need to occupy other people to influence their lives".[2][2][4] Global arrogance is different from the concept of imperialism, under which one country physically occupies another.[4] The US has been described as "the capital of global arrogance" by Iranians, French, Germans, Japanese, Indonesians, Indians and Russians.[2][5]