Issue No. 9/10 (1992) of the Italian journal «Marx centouno», titled Cronache dal centro dell'impero ("Chronicles from the Center of the Empire"), represents a key theoretical and geopolitical assessment within the early-1990s Italian critical left.

Marx centouno (edited by figures focused on critical readings of Marxism and geopolitics, such as Domenico Losurdo and Gianfranco La Grassa) served as a venue for structural analysis during the transition out of the Cold War.

Published in the immediate aftermath of the dissolution of the USSR (December 1991) and the Gulf War (1991), responding to narratives surrounding the "End of History" and the US-led "New World Order."

The issue examines the internal mechanics and global reach of US and Western hegemony, dissecting how advanced capitalism restructured its imperial posture in the absence of a Soviet counterweight.