Trump the Terminator?
How His Second Presidency Could Signal the End of American Global Power.
Moscow’s Man on the Spot in Africa
A Powerful Player in the Dirty Business of Empire.
Peace for Ukraine Courtesy of China?
Another Step in Beijing’s Rise to Global Power.
The Rise of China (and the Fall of the US?)
Tectonic Eruptions in Eurasia Erode America's Global Power.
At the Brink of War in the Pacific
For nearly a year now, President Joe Biden has been trying to resolve the underlying ambiguity in previous U.S. policy toward that island by stating repeatedly that he would indeed…
The Fading of Washington’s Global Dreams and the Coming of a New World
Alfred McCoy suggests what a United States that remains a significant regional power might do in its own hemisphere to come to grips with the decline of our own country,…
How to Go from a Win-Win to a Lose-Lose World
While the United States may be in a new Cold War in Eurasia, we, like the rest of humanity, are also in an increasingly hot war right here at home…
We’re Playing With Fire in Ukraine
Alfred McCoy takes you to a planet where things are only getting hotter in so many ways, not just nuclear.
The Geopolitics of the Ukraine War
If geology explains the earth’s eruptions, geopolitics is the tool we need to grasp the deeper meaning of the devastating war in Ukraine and the events that led to this…
The Epic Struggle over the Epicenter of U.S. Global Power
Geopolitical hot spots have been erupting across Eurasia over the last year, each one suffused with significance for the future of U.S. global power.
New Year’s Day 2050
The international community will, by mid-century, need to find new forms of collaboration to contain the damage wrought by climate catastrophe, writes Alfred W. McCoy.
The Biggest Winner of the Afghanistan War
The deadly debacle marks the decline of Washington's world leadership.
America’s Drug Wars: Fifty Years of Reinforcing Racism
The drug war has had a profound impact on American society by perpetuating racial disparities.
Joe Biden Is the Embodiment of Our Fading Empire
America's distinctly fading imperial power is reflected in our aged new president.