EMPIRE-INSTITUTE

We are a transnational virtual institute. Aside from non-Europeans, we are primarily Americans and Germans located in Tübingen, Germany. We attempt to rise above the clamorous rhetoric heard on both sides of the Atlantic and view the transition of the new order with a detached attitude, detachment from passions and intellectual prejudices, because such an attitude is necessary for reevaluating our collective assumptions concerning the flow of history. Any institute that intends to coordinate and study the phenomena of contemporary imperialism, will have to address its own political relationship to both the global power of the United States and multinational corporations. First, we at the Empire Institute think of ourselves as neither its friends nor enemies, but as detached academic analysts. Second, our position towards multinationals differs from the dozens of conservative institutes, organizations, and think tanks that have emerged in recent decades to prepare studies on various..

Primary location: Tübingen Germany