The British empire gave birth to these rogue regimes - this lawless alliance must end

The British empire gave birth to these rogue regimes - this lawless alliance must end Submitted by Joe Gill on Wed, 07/22/2026 - 17:10 Three post-colonial states emerging from the empire have become the battering rams of 21st-century imperialism: the United States, Israel and the UAE A British soldier by a Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, 22 September 2016 (AFP) On The British empire was undoubtedly the most successful colonial and imperial project of the last 300 years, if success means conquest and exploitation of vast swathes of the planet. While the empire effectively ended in the two decades from 1947 to 1967, its impact on the modern world is still unfolding. Other European former colonial powers have put their history of imperial conquest behind them, and broadly accepted their status as middle powers, but this cannot be said of Britain.