Imperial powers and democratic imaginations

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Certain features of an extensive conceptual and political terrain formed by the intersections between imperialism and democratic politics are explored leading into a discussion of the geopolitics of democratization. It is concluded that the interface between the imperial and the democratic is forever characterized by a dynamic series of tensions which can only be resolved through a democratic geopolitics that challenges and transcends the imperial.

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The last empire? From nation-building compulsion to nation-wrecking futility and beyond

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The key dynamics of U.S. imperialism from its birth to its present predicament in the Middle East are analyzed, focusing on its weaknesses. It is concluded that the real imperial 'nation-wrecking' achievements of the United States have not matched its rhetoric of 'nation-building', leading to suggestions that imperialism may altogether end in the world system.

Nation building

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Failed States: temporary obstacles to democratic diffusion or fundamental holes in the world political map?

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The analysis of four main frameworks to assess and respond to failed states for implications of global democratic diffusion is presented.

Fundamentalism

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