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The rival city-states were radically different expressions of a wider Classical Greek world, with each representing a divergent – and competing – experiment in how to organise huma..
Economic warfare works slowly, gradually imposing ever higher costs on the enemy. But there is no single trick that causes an adversary's war effort to falter.
Eighty years since its creation, the UN is struggling to compete in an ever more fragmented geopolitical landscape, in which rival organisations present a fundamental challenge to ..
The great European statesmen of the 19th century understood that diplomacy is a fine art, which requires a cultivated mind and the courage to cross narrow disciplinary boundaries.
The trial of the Nazi bureaucrat Adolf Eichmann in 1961 was a pivotal moment in the history of the young Israeli state, allowing a collective outpouring of grief over the horrors o..
The largest Jewish community in the world is defined by its deep integration into the US national story, longstanding liberal traditions and scepticism towards Israeli governments.
From the voyages of Portuguese explorers to the era of British naval supremacy, narrow maritime straits have provided a focal point for religious fervour, commercial exchange and g..
Venezuela is Trump’s acid test for reordering the Western Hemisphere, but pursuing regime change in Cuba presents a far greater challenge.
Maggie O’Farrell’s 'Hamnet' and its 2025 film adaptation draw extensively on Virgil’s 'Georgics', showing how the classical tradition continues to illuminate enduring human questio..
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