Abstract
Analyses of empire have proliferated in recent years. This was prompted by the United States' pivot to a more militant and unilateral foreign policy under the presidency of George W. Bush. Questions raised about the nature of contemporary US power have led to a broader reconsideration of empires, new and old. This entry situates such debates within a discussion of the historical development of empires and imperialism, from antiquity to the present. In so doing, it also sketches some of the more important explanations of empire, before concluding with some thoughts about the contending positions in the recent debate over US empire and hegemony.
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