imperial

His despotic dismissals of the rule of law, in ways both large and small, are creating what many in the GOP have long fantasized: An imperial presidency.

L.A.’s nonchalant highhandedness can gall today as it did 101 years ago when it precipitated what secessionists hailed as the “day of deliverance” from the “imperial county.”

The fundamental driver of the conflict stems from Russia’s inability to accept the end of its imperial dominance over former territories, not the grievances about post-Cold War treatment that Moscow frequently cites.

At least imperial courtiers trust in strict codes about curtsies and proper titles.

I would argue that there are two ways of interpreting the aims of both the United States and Russia: “imperial” and “hegemonic.”