-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 …