When I First Came To Oxford, I

The Rise Of The West Is, Quite Simply, The Pre-eminent Historical Phenomenon Of The Second Half Of The Second Millennium After Christ.

No Civilization, No Matter How Mighty It May Appear To Itself, Is Indestructible.

So Much Of Liberalism In Its Classical Sense Is Taken For Granted In The West Today And Even Disrespected. We Take Freedom For Granted, And Because Of This We Don't Understand How Incredibly Vulnerable It Is.

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.

My Arguments For Liberal Empire Or Whatever You Want To Call It - Hegemony, Primacy, You Name It - Are Really Activated By A Sense That The Alternatives Involve More Violence, More Repression, More Hardship.