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• Imperialism (theory)

  China’s rise, ‘diminished dependency’ and imperialism in times of world disorder

  22 September, by FUENTES Federico, MERCATANTE Esteban

  Esteban Mercatante is an Argentine Marxist economist, author of El imperialismo en tiempos de desorden mundial (“Imperialism in times of world disorder”), and an editorial board member of Ideas de Izquierda, where he has written extensively on the world economy and imperialism. In this (...)

• Imperialism (theory)

  Imperialism Transformed

  20 August 2022, by DRUCKER Peter

  WHAT FOLLOWS IS an edited version of a talk given on August 20 as the first of four online lectures held by the Amsterdam-based International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE) on “the changing shapes of imperialism” after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. All four talks can be (...)

• Imperialism (theory)

  Western Imperialism and the Role of Sub-imperialism in the Global South

  13 January 2021, by BOND Patrick, BORBA Miguel, GARCIA Ana

  AT FIRST BLUSH, JOE BIDEN’S ELECTION as U.S. president brings respite from a world threatened by Donald Trump’s climate-denialist, dictator-coddling, xenophobic, racist, misogynist, rules-breaking regime. On second thought, 2021 will also initiate an unwelcome restoration of legitimacy to (...)