In Communications Media, Globalization, and Empire, an international teamof experts analyze and critique the political economy of media communicationsworldwide. Their analysis takes particular account of the sometimes conflictingpressures of globalization and "neo-imperialism." The first is commonlydefined as the dismantling of barriers to trade and cultural exchange and respondssignificantly to lobbying of the world's largest corporations, including mediacorporations. The second concerns U.S. pursuit of national security interests asresponse to "terrorism," at one level and, at others, to intensifyingcompetition among both nations and corporations for global naturalresources.