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The wages of permanent war. (Insider Report).
"A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative--that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to despotism," wrote Alexis de Tocqueville. The neoconservatives in charge of the Bush administration's foreign policy envision a prolonged war, against an ever-expanding roster of targets, which may last for decades--thereby placing America squarely in the predicament sagely described by Toqueville.
Writing in the April issue of Ideas on Liberty, Professor Harold Jones of Mercer University points out that while Toqueville's warning was inspired by Rome's descent from republican liberty into the tyranny of empire, it also applies "to the dangers in Mr. Bush's Department of Homeland security?" When Roman Emperor Diocletian assumed power in 285 A.D., he inherited an empire besieged from without and rotting from within. The much-vaunted Roman military was a shell of its former self; Rome was riddled with moral corruption, plagued by civic unrest, and tottered on fiscal collapse. Accordingly, Diocletian embarked on a "plan for homeland security [based on] systematic centralization," recalls Jones.
The empire was divided into a series of regional units, "each with its own civil and military rulers," Jones explains. "Every official received his appointment directly from the Emperor. A vast bureaucracy stretched out to choke anything ...
- GLOBAL HEGEMONY MUST BE RESISTED AT ALL COSTS, SAYS JUST.
- News wire article from: BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency November 5, 2006 700+ words
...citizens on the importance of resisting global hegemony Its President Dr Chandra Muzaffar...fight against hegemony." "It is global hegemony that is responsible for the invasion...aggression on Lebanon and Palestine "It is global hegemony that is the main cause of the ever...
- `Blueprint for global hegemony of Corporate US', NEW STRAITS TIMES- MANAGEMENT...
- News wire article from: Worldsources Online September 7, 2003 700+ words
...that make up the Uruguay Round, to its system of decision-making and accountability, the WTO is a blueprint for the global hegemony of Corporate America. It seeks to institutionalise the accumulated advantages of US corporations," he says. Bello refers...
- `Blueprint for global hegemony of Corporate US', NEW STRAITS TIMES-.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 7, 2003 700+ words
...that make up the Uruguay Round, to its system of decision-making and accountability, the WTO is a blueprint for the global hegemony of Corporate America. It seeks to institutionalise the accumulated advantages of US corporations," he says. Bello refers...
- `Blueprint for global hegemony of Corporate US' ..HL: ..IN: CM NR.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 7, 2003 700+ words
...that make up the Uruguay Round, to its system of decision-making and accountability, the WTO is a blueprint for the global hegemony of Corporate America. It seeks to institutionalise the accumulated advantages of US corporations," he says. Bello refers...
- The new battle zone for global hegemony: the Caucasus.
- Newspaper article from: Turkish Daily News October 22, 2008 700+ words
...Straits (the gates to the Black Sea), in a difficult position. In this context, it could be argued that the struggle for global hegemony has turned the Caucasus into a war zone.' It is apparent that the U.S. is gradually directing its resources away from...
- Islam, the Middle East, and the New Global Hegemony.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal Aarts, Paul January 1, 2003 700+ words
...microwars" will persist, but that in the long run McWorld will be unstoppable. In Islam, the Middle East, and the New Global Hegemony, Simon Murden does not really offer fresh insights on the topic, as has Olivier Roy in his most recent publication (though...
- North Korean commentator decries US "fanatic ambition for global hegemony".
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports March 19, 2002 700+ words
...warmongers' actual, operational concept. The US imperialist warmongers, who are running crazy with a fanatic ambition for global hegemony, have clamoured about a theory of nuclear supremacy from long ago and have exerted their utmost effort into the development...
- RRGs' global hegemony.(Alternative Risk)
- Magazine article from: Risk & Insurance Crombie, Roger May 1, 2004 700+ words
In the captive world, one do-it-yourself branch of insurance currently making headway is the risk retention group. The technique allows birds of a feather to flock together to take control of and share their liability exposure, but nothing else. Growth in RRGs is fueling the rapid development of
- U.S. Global Hegemony a Reality Unlikely to Fade.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: PS: Political Science & Politics Lieber, Robert J. June 1, 2000 700+ words
Kenneth Waltz' provided a powerful and admirably concise argument against the widespread overemphasis on interdependence and globalization as signaling the demise of the state and the lessened salience of international politics in his James Madison Lecture, "Globalization and Governance" (PS,
- Iran: Editorial says nations unlikely to tolerate US global hegemony.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports January 27, 2002 700+ words
Text of editorial by Parviz Esma'ili published by Iranian newspaper Entekhab on 26 January Yesterday it was announced that America is imposing sanctions on three Chinese companies for having trade relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Chinese government has condemned Washington for this
Source: HighBeam Research, The wages of permanent war. (Insider Report).