The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After... →
Martin Jacques
The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in... →
Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The west has been a particularly... →
The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a way of acknowledging this and framing... →
Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system... →
The 21st century will be quite unlike the preceding two centuries, in which power was located in Europe and the U.S., and the rest of the world... →
The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese state... →
While the West has enjoyed overwhelming global power, its moral preachings have been legitimised, and in effect enforced, by that power. But as that... →
I think there's a part of us that fantasizes about having some sort of super power. If I could have one, it would definitely be teleportation!
Celina Jade
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
Bianca Jagger