America and Europe: two contrasting or parallel empires?
Jan Zielonka
This article considers whether an imperial paradigm is useful in aiding our understanding of the European Union (EU) and US today. It argues that empires are key units today’s world, imposing considerable constraints on formally sovereign states, this cannot but change nature International Relations. The compares some distinctive characteristics EU US, their structural features behaviours generate cooperation or conflict. concludes competition for supremacy Europe potentially conflict-prone. USA treats as one its vital peripheries at odds with EU’s own ambitions.
Journal of Political Power