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	<title>Financial Standard Comments - Seven signs of the end of an empire</title>
	<description>From military overextension to excess debt, one expert argues that the seven signs that mark the end of an empire are evident in the current US regime - and explores why the baton of power has well and truly shifted to the BRIC economies.</description>
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	<copyright>Copyright 2026 Financial Standard</copyright>
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