The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping mechanisms. Military actions, infrastructure problems, and social welfare demands may then combine or clash, accumulating
Japan has discreetly asked some of its fishermen to stay away from the disputed Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, reflecting growing concern in Tokyo that even minor maritime incidents could
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The evidence suggests that empires often react to periods of their own decline by over-extending their coping mechanisms. Military actions, infrastructure problems, and social welfare demands may then combine or clash, accumulating
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So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts Of accidental judgments Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall’n on th’ inventors’
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