Show Info
- Status: Returning Series
- First Aired: January 21, 2009
- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 60
- Networks: Al Jazeera English
- Genres: Documentary, News, War & Politics
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Empire(2009)
Overview
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?
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12 episodes • 2009
2009
12 episodes • 2009
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obama's Middle East Challenge | Jan 21, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Israel and the US | Feb 26, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Arab unity in the shadows | Mar 26, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Obama and Afghanistan | Apr 30, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sarkozy's France | May 28, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Iran: Influence or Threat | Jun 25, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Viva la Evolucion | Jul 30, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Media wars | Aug 27, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The World's Most Powerful Club | Sep 30, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Long War: The US and al-Qaeda | Oct 28, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Europe: A Superpower on the Fast-track | Nov 26, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 12 | What future for 'Greater Israel'? | Dec 24, 2009 | 0.0 |
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13 episodes • 2010
2010
13 episodes • 2010
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'War on terror' through Muslim eyes | Jan 28, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 2 | What future for capitalism? | Feb 23, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 3 | US and Iran: The best of enemies? | Mar 31, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 4 | BRIC: The new world order | Apr 29, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The sun never sets | May 27, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Running on empty? | Jun 29, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Superclass | Jul 29, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The US between two wars | Aug 26, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Peace Procession | Sep 6, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Islam and America | Sep 13, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The UN - Tower of Babble? | Sep 30, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The new arms race | Oct 28, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Nato: Going Global | Nov 25, 2010 | 0.0 |
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11 episodes • 2012
2012
11 episodes • 2012
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia: A revolutionary model? | Jan 27, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Egypt: The promise and perils of revolution | Feb 24, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Syria on the brink | Mar 25, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Putin's Russia | Apr 27, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Europe: To Be or Not To Be | Jun 15, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Egypt: A second republic? | Jul 13, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 7 | US Democracy: The Power of Money | Sep 14, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The post-American Middle East | Oct 19, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Choosing the American President | Nov 9, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Palestine: State of play | Dec 3, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Scoring Big: The global world of football | Dec 29, 2012 | 0.0 |
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12 episodes • 2013
2013
12 episodes • 2013
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syria and the US: The complicity of silence | Jan 29, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Iraq to Mali: The changing calculus of war | Feb 24, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Diplomacy, Obama and the Middle East | Mar 31, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Fuelling geopolitics: The oil saga | Apr 28, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Vatican: A Wholly Roman Empire? | May 26, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Debate: Empire of Secrets | Jun 30, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Turning a page: Latin America and the US | Jul 28, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Debate - The Peace Process: Never and Forever | Aug 26, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The US beyond Syria: A reluctant empire? | Sep 29, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Debate - A German Europe? The Union disunited | Oct 28, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The US: A tale of three states | Nov 24, 2013 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Iran and the US: Diplomatic enrichment | Dec 29, 2013 | 0.0 |
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11 episodes • 2014
2014
11 episodes • 2014
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | America and al-Qaeda 3.0 | Jan 26, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Towards a post post-Cold War era | Mar 30, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The US and Cuba: Obsession | Apr 27, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Rise of the Oligarchs | May 25, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 5 | What Future for the Arab World? | Jun 29, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The new scramble for Africa | Jul 27, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hollywood: Chronicle of an Empire | Sep 28, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Promise and Peril of Democracy | Oct 5, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 9 | War on Terror, War on Muslims? | Oct 26, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Obama and Media: The Mystery | Nov 30, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 11 | McAmerica: The Success Secrets of Brand USA | Dec 28, 2014 | 0.0 |
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1 episodes • 2017
2017
1 episodes • 2017
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Reckoning: From Obama to Trump | Jan 18, 2017 | 0.0 |
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