Globalization and Empire

Year 2008, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, - , 30.05.2016

Peter Iadıcola

Abstract

This paper describes how the forces of the United States Empire are key elements in describing the most recent process of globalization. Empires have always been the key actors in the waves of globalization throughout history. The Empire of the United States of America is not an exception to this history. Military, economic, cultural, and political integration and control from an imperial center are key elements in understanding the forces of globalization in the past and today. This paper describes these forces of globalization as they pertain to the largest and most powerful empire in world history.

Keywords

Globalization, U.S. Empire, military, economic, cultural, and political

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