Does the USA represent an empire in international relations?

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Sussex, language: English, abstract: Empires have existed during most of our known history and were dominant factors in shaping regional or world orders in their respective times. Have we know entered a period of history where empires have ceased to exist and the international system is exclusivel...