Agonies of Empire

Abstract

Thirty years ago following the collapse of the USSR, the United States had every reason to believe that its dominant position in the international order was assured. What then happened to undermine this confidence and to lead so many writers to conclude the ‘America Century’ was over and that a post-American world beckoned? This book explains how this occurred and explains its deeper causes, but concludes that in spite of all the challenges it faces at home post-Trump - not to mention the rise of China and the re-emergence of Russia - what is called the American empire here still remains the most powerful nation in the international system.