EMPIRE WITHOUT ENDHNN has posted an intriguing article by historian
Maya Jasanoff entitled "
What New Empires Inherit From Old Ones". It will be, I think, of substantial interest to the gentlemen at
Coming Anarchy and to
Dr. Nexon.
Speaking of
Coming Anarchy and empire,
Chirol has a beautiful and well-crafted post on "
Geopolitical Temptation in Europe" that deals with the evolution of the German states in strategic relation to the rest of Europe;
Curzon has "
Titus Pullo & Lucius Vorenus: Who were these guys?" up on the characters from the critically acclaimed HBO series
ROME.
Empires, being centripetal in nature, are not part of the spirit of our age. A time beset by the nationalisms of proto-tribes yearning for flags and fictive sovereignties.