Who rules the world?

In the post-9/11 era, America’s policy-makers have increasingly prioritised the pursuit of power, both military and economic, above all else – human rights, democracy, even security. Drawing on examples ranging from expanding drone assassination programmes to the civil war in Syria and the continued violence in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel and Palestine, philosopher, political commentator and activist Noam Chomsky here offers unexpected and nuanced insights into the workings of imperial power on our increasingly chaotic planet.