When is an empire not an empire?
World powers are struggling to work out what their authority means.
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Odd Arne Westad is Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and the author of The Cold War: A World History.
World powers are struggling to work out what their authority means.
By Odd Arne Westad