A Calculus of Power keyword amsterdam He examines how recent US He examines how recent US attempts to create the first truly global empire were conceived to counter China’s spectacular economic success Now America’s disastrous failure in Iraq has made the People’s Republic of China the true winner in the US War on Terror the links between crime and drugs A Calculus of Power is a penetrating look at contemporary world politics by one of the most renowned thinkers of the New Left and engages with neo realist theories of international relations—asking whether the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in a crisis for their visions of American power