the logic of empire? We offer a theory of imperialism and decolonization that explains both historic cycles of expansion …, territorial empire has largely ceased. Most states that can take and hold territory no longer appear eager to do so, while the …

-Kautsky unity-rivalry debate on the eve of World War I. The post-1916 Marxist view of capitalist imperialism is contrasted with the … Lenin-Kautsky debate, proving that it is not empire, but Kautsky's notion of ultraimperialism that best fits today's global …

empire, using, as its springboard, the review of four new books offered by three US publishers, linked in an endeavor called … the “American Empire Project.†It begins with a historic look at gaps and politicization in the study of empire. The … piece then presents a research agenda that would comprise the social science study of empire, with review of work to date …

, there are tendencies for that nation to acquire an empire. These arguments are illustrated with examples from the British … Empire of the nineteenth century. The article concludes with some speculations on the current situation, with the United …