Historical Patterns

October 11, 2024

What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World?

Is the order of the modern alphabet connected to how our shared ancestors counted the phases of the moon and its effect on tides 50,000 years ago? Did the first stirrings of

Fallen Empire [Juan Carlos Barquet - Art ]

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Echoes of Power: Insights from Fallen Empires

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China’s Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice led to the discovery of an unexpected historical pattern. This revelation was not evident

September 4, 2024

What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World?

October 11, 2024

Is the order of the modern alphabet connected to how our shared ancestors counted the phases of the moon and its effect on tides 50,000 years ago? Did the first stirrings of

Fallen Empire [Juan Carlos Barquet - Art ]

Echoes of Power: Insights from Fallen Empires

September 4, 2024

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China’s Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice led to the discovery of an

Munir’s Zia Moment?

Pakistan is in a state of poly-crises and is hardly

Mali’s Hostage Deals Mask a War That Is Getting Worse

Recent hostage releases across the Sahel have produced striking moments

Israel’s ‘Minister of Hate’ Turns Extremism into Policy

The latest remarks by Israel’s Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have

Europe’s New Deal with Libya’s Warlords

The officials at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw are accustomed to

The Madman in the Casa Rosada

The truth is that I had promised myself I would

Whose Independence? Whose India?

Every August 15, India presents a familiar image to the

The Ugliness of Latin America’s Angry Tide

In August, right-wing billionaire Abelardo de la Espriella took office

When Reason Changes State

In 1799, Francisco de Goya published Los Caprichos. Among his engravings

Jason Arday: The Price of Woke Academia

The death of Jason Arday, the former Professor of Sociology

The Strait of Hormuz Is No Longer Iran’s Only Weapon

The Strait of Hormuz has long been one of the

Argentina: The Streets Put a Stop to Milei’s Plundering

Javier Milei’s government recently suffered a double defeat. The first

The Slow Unravelling of Arunachal’s Insurgency

On August 7, 2026, four cadres of United Liberation Front

Europe’s Drought Is Becoming an Economic Shock

At Europe’s biggest and busiest port, the consequences of a

Asia’s Terror Threat Deepens as Global Extremist Networks Adapt

The terrorist threat confronting Asia is becoming more complex even

Five Years After Kabul Fell, Afghanistan Remains in Limbo

The world witnessed the fall of the Afghan republic on