Underground Empire




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ClassGraphic For millennia, we have thought of empires in terms of the land masses that they conquer or control. However, in Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), authors Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman argue that America has created tools to act as an empire without land accumulation. The authors, professors at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown, argue that the U.S. government sits like a spider at the heart of a web of fiber-optic cables and obscure payment systems—a web of surveillance and control that binds the world. They provide extraordinary examples of the power that has been developed as the world digitizes and how the reaction to 9/11 has incentivized the country to utilize new tools to an extraordinary level. Real-life examples are included in each chapter for our discussion.

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4 Session(s)
Weekly - Thu

Location
TBD

Instructor
Multiple

Tuition: 

$0.00

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
1/22/2026 - 2/12/2026 Weekly - Thu 01:15 PM - 03:15 PM TBD Joe Hinkel  ; Margaret A Schilt 

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