The American South had the same apartheid system as South Africa, so the U.S. couldn’t successfully contend with the Soviet Union with its own officially sanctioned apartheid system (Jim Crow). The ...

As these books show, the United States has long struggled to reconcile its imperial ambition with its founding ideals, ...

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Empire’s don’t collapse; they commit inevitable suicide by destroying their primary sources of wealth: respect and industry. The American empire has existed since July 4, 1776 when it was declared as ...

America stands at a defining moment. The choices it makes now will determine whether it remains a leading global power or joins the ranks of fallen empires. Like Great Britain before it, America risks ...

As a porn star sues President Donald Trump over a deal to keep her quiet about an alleged affair, and his White House is drained of everyone but his family, it’s hard not to think that America is ...

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson concluded the Constitution didn’t allow acquisition of new territory. But Louisiana was on the market; he wanted it; he grabbed it. This is the logic of empire.

The American election season is, once again, approaching its zenith, but it won’t be long before another four years have passed and a new contest has rolled in. It is a relentless cycle, a shameless ...

Once there was an empire that governed roughly a quarter of the world’s population, covered about the same proportion of the Earth’s land surface, and dominated nearly all its oceans. The British ...

This is American Empire, Splinter’s rolling series of articles exploring the power of the United States and the different ways it is unleashed upon the world. Read our other entries here. To try and ...