America’s Empire: In what sense does America have an Empire? What benefits, if any, does it provide to us and the world? What does it cost us? Can we keep it?

Geopolitical implications of the current economic downturn, 24 January 2008
Prof Nouriel Roubini describes “The Decline of the American Empire”, 18 August 2008
The foundation of America’s empire: our chain of bases around the world, 8 September 2008
“A shattering moment in America’s fall from power”, 19 November 2008
“End of Empire” by David Roche, 29 November 2008
The transition between Imperial reigns: what will it mean for America?, 16 December 2008
Geopolitical implications of the current economic downturn, 24 January 2009
To understand the Imperial Unconscious, Tom provides the Dictionary of American Empire-Speak, 6 March 2009
Team Obama, guardians of the American Empire (did you expect anything else?), 14 April 2009
A look at the new world – after the downturn, 19 March 2009
Lapham: Democracy at Bay in America, 5 May 2009
New bases in Afghanistan – more outposts of America’s Empire, 21 May 2009
Niall Ferguson, poet-laureate of the American Empire, 27 May 2009
Words important for all Americans to hear, from Tom Engelhardt, 7 June 2009
A wonderful discussion about the American Empire, 24 June 2009
We need not bow before our Emperior (yet), 22 September 2009
“Welcome to 2025 – American Preeminence Is Disappearing Fifteen Years Early” by Michael Klare, 7 March 2010
US troops must fight in the Congo! A report from the asylum, home to many of our geopolitical experts, 20 September 2010
Ultimately Primacy Is Its Own Justification (Imperial rule #12), 24 September 2010
The limit to America’s power is our ability to pay for it, 18 April 2011