Is the now sixty-year-old Marshall Plan a good model for increased aid to Africa?

This monographsuggests thatthe world needs an American pax to provide both global peace and prosperity.

Empires have undeservedly gotten a bad name, particularly in America since President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the end of the Age of Empires and ushered in the Age of Nations.

Professor Deepak Lal argues in his talk that imperialism should not have been perceived as a negative phenomenon as empires have provided international order and promoted prosperity by integrating separate areas into a common economic space. Lal evaluates the record of the United States as the unchallenged global super power...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of the international bestseller Infidel, discussed her book, Nomad (Free Press, May 2010).

Deepak Lal's new book, In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order, argues that empires have played a decisive role throughout history in providing the political stability essential to economic and social progress. Turning to today's debates over economic and cultural globalization, he concludes that "If the U.S....

In a new book from the AEI Press, Deepak Lal argues that American power is needed for global order.

The Marshall Plan's role in the economic recovery of Europe after World War II is often invoked as indisputable proof that foreign aid works. In 2005, while serving as chancellor of the exchequer, British prime minister Gordon Brown called for "a new deal between developed and developing countries as bold...