* Is the American empire already over?
By DOUG SAUNDERS
Saturday, October 5, 2002 - Page F3
...The United States has been fading as a global power since the
1970s, and the U.S. response to the terrorist attacks has merely
accelerated this decline. So says Immanuel Wallerstein, the
Of course you can read all of Wallerstein's 'signs' in the reverse.
In 1974 there was a cold war. The USSR was a major power that
faced off the US in many parts of the world. The 'evil empire' was
such a powerful enemy it was easy to get the 'free world' organised
behind the US banner.
That's
