Al Jazeera Empire (2009)

2012

Empire is a unique programme that reports on and debates global powers on behalf of an international citizen. It does so in a way whereby it questions those geopolitical, geoeconomic, corporate, and other forms of power that influence citizens across borders. Many of those are not held accountable by any one government or any one nation, and so looking at the world as the global village it has become - with its integrated societies - we try to answer the questions on the minds of many of our viewers: why and how does global power act, react? And how does it throw its weight around?

Released Jan. 21, 2009 Episode 60 min None+

Genres: Documentary, News, War

Keywords: tmdb.politics, tmdb.democracy, tmdb.global-domination, tmdb.geopolitics

Network: Al Jazeera English

Country: Qatar
Languages: English

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S4E1 - Tunisia: A revolutionary model?

A year after the Jasmine Revolution, can the country's new government ... herald a return to narrow, sectarian rule or consensual leadership?

Jan. 27, 2012, midnight

S4E2 - Egypt: The promise and perils of revolution

With so much still undecided, did Egypt experience a popular uprising, Islamic revolution or military coup?

Feb. 24, 2012, midnight

S4E3 - Syria on the brink

As global and regional powers fight their own battles, will Syria's revolution succeed before the country falls apart?

March 25, 2012, midnight

S4E4 - Putin's Russia

As Vladimir Putin won a third term as president, we ask if Russia can become a superpower once again.

April 27, 2012, midnight

S4E5 - Europe: To Be or Not To Be

As Europe's crisis worsens without any solution in sight is a shift in political power a sign of hope on the horizon?

June 15, 2012, midnight

S4E6 - Egypt: A second republic?

After the first truly democratic elections in a generation, will Egypt become a secular, religious, or military state?

July 13, 2012, midnight

S4E7 - US Democracy: The Power of Money

Just how much does money distort the political process? Marwan Bishara investigates the power of money and the true cost to democracy of campaign funding in the US elections.

Sept. 14, 2012, midnight

S4E8 - The post-American Middle East

The Middle East has served as a setting for the grand narratives of American imperial power for generations. Empire examines the complications that shape Washington's Middle East doctrine following the Arab Spring.

Oct. 19, 2012, midnight

S4E9 - Choosing the American President

The voters have chosen, but what will the next four years bring?

Nov. 9, 2012, midnight

S4E10 - Palestine: State of play

The dawn of a Palestinian state has been a long time coming. After 65 years of dispossession, 45 years of occupation, and 20 years of failed peace attempts, on Thursday Palestine took one step closer to joining the community of nations. With a final vote of 138 to 9, an overwhelming majority of nations at the UN General Assembly voted to recognise Palestine as a non-member state. This upgrade puts Palestine on par with the Vatican, and also could allow Palestinian claims to be filed in the International Criminal Court. This recognition came just days after another in the long line of catastrophes Palestinians have faced. Under a brutal Israeli bombardment of Gaza, nearly 200 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more were wounded. Empire asks: Must the Palestinian dream of a state be Israel's nightmare? And what does the path to a just solution look like?

Dec. 3, 2012, midnight

S4E11 - Scoring Big: The global world of football

Empire explores the politics and power of the world's most popular sport, and the global implications of the game.

Dec. 29, 2012, midnight

Al Jazeera English

60 min/ep

3600 min

Jan. 21, 2009

Jan. 18, 2017, midnight

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