Imperialism
United States
Fig. 1. “American Progress,” painting by John Gast, 1872, digital version 2006, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
- Afghanistan
- Grenada
- Haiti
- Hawaii
- Iran
- Iraq
- Henry Kissinger
- Mexico
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Vietnam
- Yemen (usually, but not always, via Saudi Arabia)
Gina Harkins, “Spec Ops Culture Sets Conditions ‘Favorable for Inappropriate Behavior,’ 4-Star Says,” Military.com, January 28, 2020, https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/28/spec-ops-culture-sets-conditions-favorable-inappropriate-behavior-4-star-says.html
Marjorie Cohn, “Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe But Failed,” Truthout, March 10, 2020, https://truthout.org/articles/team-trump-tried-to-bully-the-icc-into-dropping-war-crimes-probe-but-failed/
Harry Stevens, Missy Ryan, and Mustafa Salim, “Behind the tally, names and lives,” Washington Post, November 18, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/coalition-airstrikes-isis-civilian-death-toll/Washington Post, March 16, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/03/16/icc-us-cooperation-international-criminal-court-history/
Ishaan Tharoor, “20 years later, U.S. invasion of Iraq hangs over war in Ukraine,” Washington Post, March 17, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/03/17/iraq-invasion-ukraine-history-shadow/
Ahmed Twaij, “Bush did what Putin’s doing — so why is he getting away?” al Jazeera, March 28, 2023, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/3/28/putin-should-be-punished-so-must-bush
Ishaan Tharoor, “The ‘old Europe’ vs. ‘new Europe’ paradigm is back,” Washington Post, April 17, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/04/17/old-europe-new-rumsfeld-eastern-europe/
Ishaan Tharoor, “Eyeing China, Biden official floats a new ‘Washington consensus,’” Washington Post, May 1, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/05/01/washington-consensus-china-trade-sullivan-protectionism/
Ashik Siddique, “The U.S. Still Spends More on Its Military Than Over 144 Nations Combined,” Foreign Policy In Focus, May 11, 2023, https://fpif.org/the-u-s-still-spends-more-on-its-military-than-over-144-nations-combined/
Miriam Berger, “Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests,” Washington Post, May 15, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/
Adam Taylor, “African nations aren’t tilting toward Putin’s Russia,” Washington Post, July 27, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/27/russia-africa-non-alignment-summit-putin/
Tim Stanley, “We are witnessing the fall of the American empire,” Telegraph, November 2, 2023, https://www.telegraph.co.uk//news/2023/11/02/afghanistan-biden-iran-israel-hamas-usa-decline-empire/
Michael Fox, “Panamanians remember 1989 US invasion and continue to demand justice and accountability,” World, December 20, 2023, https://theworld.org/stories/2023-12-20/panamanians-remember-1989-us-invasion-and-continue-demand-justice-and
Guardian, “Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little,” February 10, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/11/donald-trump-says-he-would-encourage-russia-to-attack-nato-countries-who-dont-pay-bills
Jon Schwarz, “Erik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin America,” Intercept, February 10, 2024, https://theintercept.com/2024/02/10/erik-prince-off-leash-imperialism-colonialism/
Murray Brewster, “Trump’s NATO comments aren’t cause for panic — but they should be taken seriously, experts warn,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, February 12, 2024, https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-nato-canada-bill-blair-1.7113129
Matthew Karnitschnig, “Donald Trump just did Europe a favor,” Politico, February 13, 2024, https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-just-did-europe-a-favor/