The Empire in Fear: It's New Embassy in London is a Fortress

When the new US embassy in London, just along the river Thames from Battersea power station, opens its doors in late 2016, it will be one of the most secure buildings in Britain, writes FT.

The new US embassy is “like a Norman castle,” Stephen Graham, professor of cities and society at Newcastle University, tells FT. “It even has a moat and is set back, with empty space to protect it from truck bombs or blast,” he adds. “This is the logic of what an antiterrorist city would look like.”

-RW