by David Tollen | Mar 15, 2022 | The Postclassical Age, The Early Modern Age, The Recent Modern Age, Current Politics
Vladimir Putin may have created a new superpower — and it’s not Russia. In the weeks since Putin invaded Ukraine, the European Union has changed. A recent New York Times opinion piece suggests the invasion has both united and militarized the EU...
by David Tollen | Aug 1, 2011 | Classical Civilization, The Postclassical Age
Historians have never gotten together on a reason for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The question is more than just academic because the West’s great powers have often compared themselves to Rome and wondered if they might go the same way. Nowadays,...