America's Imperial Ambition

Ikenberry, G. John

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“…Even during the post-Cold War era can be found debates over the continuing hold of empire as a form of rule, both as regards the scale and scope of US power (Ikenberry, 2002;Mann, 2003;Ignatieff, 2003;Cox, 2004), and the extent to which polities such as China, India and Russia should be understood as nation-states or as (post) imperial spaces. Moreover, the rise of "international administrations" that govern post-conflict zones, such as in the former Yugoslavia and East Timor, can best be seen as a redux version of the mandate system of the League of Nations (Bain, 2003).…”

Section: The Fact Of Sovereignty?mentioning

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Beyond hypocrisy? Debating the ‘fact’ and ‘value’ of sovereignty in contemporary world politics

Lawson

Shilliam

2009

Int Polit

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It is no exaggeration to say that sovereignty is the foundation both of International Relations (IR) as a field of enquiry and of international politics as an "actual existing" field of practice. Whether seen as the archetypal IR101 topic or in debates about the rights and wrongs of humanitarian intervention, the capacity of international organisations to exert control over significant spheres of international politics, or in discussions about the legitimacy of bodies such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), sovereignty appears as the central referent point of international politics. Over recent years, however, there has been considerable debate over both the substantive content ("fact") and normative framing ("value") of sovereignty. The former comes about as a result of a series of political, economic and security challenges which see states as assuming a role as "one-amongst-many" in an increasingly complex international topography; the latter stems from concerns about whether national states form the optimal site for the articulation of authority claims. This forum engages with both of these debates, focusing on how they relate to understandings of the emergence, development and possible emasculation of sovereignty in the contemporary world. In the introduction to the forum, we outline the ways in which scholars have contested the emergence of the sovereign state and examine the ethical issues surrounding the normative value of this form of rule. In the process, we lay out the ways in which the papers which make up this forum make uncomfortable, if important, contributions to the debate about the fact and value -or "is" and "ought" -of sovereignty in contemporary world politics. It is no exaggeration to say that sovereignty is the foundation both of International Relations (IR) as a field of enquiry and of international politics as an "actual existing" field of practice. For the former, sovereignty is the archetypal IR101 topic. Students entering the subject are informed that sovereignty emerged in Europe sometime around the mid seventeenth century before being exported to the rest of the world, often by force of arms, over the next few centuries. There may be disagreement over sovereignty's precise point of origin (cf. Keywords Sovereignty, historical sociology, political theory, international politics Contact details

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Beyond hypocrisy? Debating the ‘fact’ and ‘value’ of sovereignty in contemporary world politics

Lawson

Shilliam

2009

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“…Moreover, this 'grand strategic vision' could potentially leave the world 'more dangerous and divided-and the United States less secure'. 16 In sum, a new imperial discourse has developed when analysing the US state and its role within world order, with the USA increasingly seen as a relatively benign empire as a result of the end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks on 9/11.…”

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The Heart of Empire? Theorising US empire in an era of transnational capitalism

Stokes¹

2005

Third World Quarterly

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“…5 Finally, the accelerating estrangement of the transatlantic allies can lead to competition for power and global leadership. Further, as NATO continues to enlarge to include former Soviet bloc countries, it is becoming a stabilizing force on the continent.…”

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Fixing the Transatlantic Relationship: Improving U.S. - European Relations

Kurtz¹

2004

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America's Imperial Ambition

Cited by 187 publications

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Beyond hypocrisy? Debating the ‘fact’ and ‘value’ of sovereignty in contemporary world politics

Beyond hypocrisy? Debating the ‘fact’ and ‘value’ of sovereignty in contemporary world politics

The Heart of Empire? Theorising US empire in an era of transnational capitalism

Fixing the Transatlantic Relationship: Improving U.S. - European Relations

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