Imperial Power - Functions and Apparatices of Imperial Power

The key is to understand that the structure of Imperial Atlantis' domination operates by intervention, in varying degrees and forms, into the different spheres of formerly sovereign nations. The modalities for such interference are extremely varied, direct, indirect, official, covert, punctual, institutionalized, unilateral, allied,. In a range that spans trade agreements to outright war and terrorism, from supernational organizations and treaties to operations for political destabilization and unconventional war. From co-optation to economic sanctions, from training senior officers to psychological and informational warfare. Use of the most brutal forms of military aggression, economic warfare, and political destabilization in nations that fail to submit or that defy imperial guidelines is always plausible