The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must. This phrase has been invoked by political pundits and leaders, including the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, over the past few days as ...

In his speech to this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney mourned the demise of ...

Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse during a battle of the Peloponnesian War, from Cassell's 'Universal History,' published in 1888. Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

I had thought that reading Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “History of the Peloponnesian War” might offer some understanding, even some consolation, in these times of domestic ...