The Evolution of Empire – John Andrews/Project Syndicate
“What this history shows is that empire is still very much with us. Though Americans, proud of throwing off the rule of King George III, tend to bristle at the idea, their own military, technological, and commercial power is as imperial and pervasive as Britain’s territorial dominance ever was…
“A perennial question, especially during periods of geopolitical upheaval, is not just how empires emerge, but how they fade.”