Word: imperiale
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It is in the American soul. Contrary to the fantasies of the recent left about an imperial Amerika, it is hard to think of a great power with less taste for empire than the United States. Empire? The most universal response to the hegemony that our Asian and European alliances...
"The Soviet Union has exhausted its possibilities. We can't remain in kindergarten forever; we must become a federation of nations. We shouldn't think that if our republic wants to secede that this will lead to destruction -- that is the old imperial stereotype. If a person is in unrequited...
Somewhat to the north, a people known as the East Slavs began settling in the dense forests in about A.D. 500, finally occupying an area from what is now Leningrad to Kiev. From their forests, they shipped furs and honey down the Dnieper to the imperial capital of Constantinople. In...
Rurik's sons and grandsons not only united the Slavs of the Dnieper Valley but also were soon trying to expand. In 907 Prince Oleg invaded the Eastern Roman Empire with 2,000 ships, "accomplished much slaughter among the Greeks" and supposedly nailed his shield to the imperial gates of...
Russians do not indicate that they are determined to hold on to the empire at all costs. Indeed, the costs of the empire, rather than its glory, seem uppermost in their minds. Both Gorbachev and Shevardnadze have assured President Bush that Moscow will not use force against the Baltic states...