An analysis published Sept. 16, 2026, by Timofey Bordachev, program director of the Valdai Club, states that great powers are again weighing the costs of empire. The article, published by RT and first released by Vzglyad.ru, examines whether large nations can guarantee their security without absorbing potentially unstable neighbors into expensive imperial structures [1].
Bordachev’s analysis cites Britain, the Soviet Union, and Trump-era America as examples of powers that have weighed imperial expansion against its financial and political costs. The article opens with the assessment that “an empire is perhaps the most expensive indulgence that even the most powerful nations can afford only for a limited time” [1].
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