Two sharply contrasting views of Europe surfaced last week, one from Washington, the other from Brussels. These two visions imply very different futures for Europe. And for the world. Both claim to ...

Donald Trump has claimed that mass migration has put Western civilization itself in danger, suggesting Europe is particularly at risk. The president’s administration has released a 33-page dossier ...

For the first time in a millennium, Europe no longer plays a critical role in promoting Western civilization nor in world history at large. Ostensibly it should. Some 750 million people live on the ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... After the end of the war in Ukraine, what would be the nature of a European order that included Russia instead of marginalizing it? What is ...

What does it say about a society when its scholars turn increasingly to studies of the downfall of civilizations, the end of empires, the concept of human extinction, and even “existential risk”? That ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14, 2026. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a truly terrific Valentine’s Day address at ...

Introduction. The myth of the 'Dark Ages' / David Talbot Rice -- Beyond the frontiers of Rome: the rise and fall of Sasanian Iran / David Oates -- The empire of the Prophet: Islam and the tide of Arab ...

As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...