Donald Trump has disrupted US imperialism and fractured the cultural hegemony of the foreign policy elite. His incompetence has produced Russiagate and Ukrainegate as the establishment attempts to remove him from office fearful that he will further diminish American power. He essentially continues US ...
“It started out as strategic sympathy for the Soviet Union, in the backdrop of India getting independence from the British. So it’s an anti-colonial experience, anti-imperialism,” says Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, a political scientist at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi....
Having campaigned on a policy of ending wars, making peace, putting America first and disentangling the country from the world, President-elect Donald Trump this week decided to revive 19th-century imperialism. In a single news conference, he pondered making Canada a state and acquiring Greenland...
Most Canadians think of their country as a force for good in the world, but recent efforts by Justin Trudeau’s government to overthrow Venezuela’s elected government have once again revealed the ugly truth about the Great White North. We are an important partner in imperialism, willing to ...
Sadly, “bomb it” is this country’sgo-to option, the one that’s always on the table, the one our leaders often reach for first. America’s “best and brightest,” whether in the Vietnam era or now, have a powerful yen for destruction or, as thesaying wentin that long-gone era...
America was preoccupied with its own problems at home during much the 19th century, dealing with a Civil War and Reconstruction, without much interest... Learn more about this topic: U.S. Imperialism in Hawaii | History & Events from
WILPERT: So let’s begin with the political context in which the Brexit vote took place. Aside from the right-wing arguments about immigrants, economic concerns, and about Britain’s ability to control its own economy, what would you say–what do you see as being the main kind of politica...
He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners. He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating...
education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy,pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners. He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with Chi...
which may have been part of the out-of-court settlement reached with Sapiro. Isaac Landeman, then-editor of theAmerican Hebrew, had challenged in 1920 Ford’s assertion of a conspiracy to “establish a Jewish imperialism” and had demanded a public apology. “Challenges Ford to Jewish Inquiry...