Nicolas Beaupré and Florian Louis, historians: "Perhaps the crisis of the nation-state model explains the resurgence of imperialisms"

The book "Histoire mondiale des impérialismes" by Florian Louis and Nicolas Beaupré explores the resurgence of imperialism in contemporary geopolitics, despite no regime openly claiming this model. The authors argue that imperial practices persist among modern leaders like Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping, and Erdogan, characterized by expansionism, vastness, multiethnicity, asymmetry, and coercion. They define imperialism as the policy of an empire and emphasize the composite nature of empires. The work includes 64 contributions that stimulate discussions in France about the nature and implications of empires, addressing why empires exist, where they operate, and how they function. The resurgence of imperial ideas coincides with the struggles of powers in regions like Ukraine and Iran.