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Is the Obama administration winding down our empire or simply trying to implement a kinder, gentler version?
Piracy and Empire
John Feffer | April 24, 2009
Pirates were present at the creation of the U.S. empire. Have they returned for the empire's finale?
Empire Foreclosed?
Mark Engler | April 17, 2009
Is the United States running out of power at this time of economic crisis?
Empire Roundtable
FPIF Senior Analysts | March 26, 2009
We asked FPIF's senior analysts to weigh in on the future course of American foreign policy: maintenance of empire or its rejection?
A New Political Moment for Empire?
Stephen Zunes | March 24, 2009
John Feffer of Foreign Policy In Focus interviews professor Stephen Zunes about the role of the U.S. in the world under the Obama administration. Will the U.S. empire roll back or continue on?
Strategic Dialogue: Responsibility to Protect
Kevin Funk, Steven Fake, Trevor Keck, Bridget Moix, and Shaun Randol | March 23, 2009
In response to genocide and ethnic cleansing, the UN has adopted a new doctrine called the Responsibility to Protect. Are we finally going to say "never again" or is just "more of the same"?
R2P: No Love in a Time of Cholera
Shaun Randol | March 23, 2009
Inaction in the face of genocide is itself a crime.
R2P: Disciplining the Mice, Freeing the Lions
Steven Fake and Kevin Funk | March 23, 2009
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine, regardless of the good intentions of some proponents, is just another method for the more powerful to impose their will on the less powerful.
R2P: Focus on Prevention
Trevor Keck and Bridget Moix | March 23, 2009
When it comes to protecting people from genocide, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Hearts and Minds and Empire
Francis Njubi Nesbitt | March 20, 2009
The Obama administration is going 3D: defense, diplomacy, and development. Is this a major shift from Bush-era doctrine or simply an updated version of the old counterinsurgency approach?
Why are U.S. bases in Korea? (video interview)
John Feffer, with the Real News Network | March 11, 2009
The Battle Over Bases
David Vine | March 9, 2009
Rumsfeld had dreams of radically rearranging the U.S. empire of bases. Here's what happened instead.
The Cost of Empire (video interview)
Miriam Pemberton, with the Real News Network | March 7, 2009
The Obama Administration and Empire
Michael Klare | March 4, 2009
Michael Klare and John Feffer talk about the role of the United States under the new president.
The Imperial Unconscious
Tom Englehardt | March 1, 2009
Predators, reapers, and imperial graveyards: Washington's language betrays its stubborn imperial ambitions.
Too Many Overseas Bases
David Vine | February 25, 2009
In addition to freeing money to meet critical human needs at home and abroad, closing overseas bases would help rebuild the U.S. military.
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