In this task you will be given a claim and a perspective. You should determine whether that perspective supports or undermines the claim. If the perspective could possibly convince someone with different view, it is supporting, otherwise it is undermining.

Q: claim: The United States is a ‘benign’ hegemon.
 perspective: In reality, the United States is an empire, not a hegemon.

A: undermine
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Q: claim: Universities should make all academic work they produce, including scholarly articles, course handbooks and recorded lectures, available to the general public.
 perspective: It would take citizens too long to go through all of the government data so they only produce what is necessary for understanding.

A: undermine
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Q: claim: The International Criminal Court is a force for good.
 perspective: The ICC impedes a nation's core operations as as Rome Statue is not rigid in its interpretation

A:
undermine
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