Empires are costly and inefficient, and imperialism is costly and counterproductive, with both combining to generate the very ...

Firstly, the US may like to lessen its commitment to policing the Middle East - the old imperial problem, so to say - in order to concentrate on the new imperial problem in the Far East.

The East Tombs are the largest and most complete complex of imperial tombs in China. Of these, the Yuling mausoleum of Emperor Qian Long and Dingling mausoleum of Emperor Dowager Ci Xi are the ...

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

The course looks at the origins and the political, strategic, economic and cultural consequences of the arrival of Western imperialism in East Asia. Subjects covered by the course include the clash ...