"American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward regions which need them most urgently and which, if they are neglected, will breed the greatest threats to its security. It is an empire, in short, that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial."

Source : Niall Ferguson (2002). “Empire: the rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power”, Basic Books (AZ)

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