America since Wilson’s 14 points refers to America since it is the world dominator from 1918. Why does it become the leading power on this date? Because it is one of the victors of WWI and doesn’t have any damage on its home land. Moreover, all of the western countries depend on the USA for their reconstruction. America is the nation which can be regarded as the most powerful. The Atlantic charter, the Bretton woods agreements, the Yalta conference decisions, the A-bomb, the attempt to have a peace settlement with Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points all re-enforce and emphasizes the power that the USA have on the world. Diplomatic power is one of the USA’s most important powers for the US because it is the main way that they create links with other countries, this enables them to always have contact around the world and to make sure that their influence does not diminish. For example the Atlantic charter of 1941 that was organized by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt which was a policy for the post-war world which defined the Allies goals. It consisted in not being able to have any territorial enlargement or changes, the restoration of a self-government to all the countries that were deprived of it, the free access to raw materials, reduction of trade restrictions so countries will be able to spend more, freedom of the seas so people can navigate wherever they want without being menaced and no more use of force. Then there is the Bretton Woods agreement which was to regulate the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of WWII. The GATT which stands for the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade was inspired of the Atlantic charter was signed, it is the equivalent of the WOT of 1995. Also it agreed on the international banks that aimed to reconstruct and in the development of the post-war reconstruction. All of the foreign world currencies were all fixed in function of the dollar, and the American gave nearly all their gold supply to get dollars in return, this is one of the few things that they regret. And before anything this agreement was to avoid having a second Great Depres