Major books

The Decline of the American Empire

A U.S.-adapted structural analysis of American power at a turning point in history. The title remains a hypothesis to be tested, not a verdict: the book distinguishes empire, hegemony, and great power; follows the construction, crises, and unipolar peak of the American order; then examines the shift in the world’s productive center, China as a systemic rival, domestic fragilities, enduring advantages, and the capacity for correction after unipolarity.