As President Donald Trump looks at ordering US Navy ships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, for naval analysts and historians, there’s a distinct feeling of “been there, done that.” ...

There is something faintly uncanny about Aleksander Vučić’s ability to foretell the future. When I meet the Serbian president ...

The near-total annihilation of Greece’s Jewish communities sends a strong message to this day. Memorials, education and a new ...

Like all nations, Poland still faces challenges, but I am confident you'll meet them with the same optimistic spirit a visitor feels on Warsaw streets and sees in the city's fast-changing skyline. We ...

On March 21, 1821 the Greek rebels started the siege of Kalavryta, making it the first Greek town that was liberated from the ...

Leaving the Visoki Dečani monastery, I decided to take back roads through central Kosovo to get to the airport and turn in my rental car. I had the option ...

The First Balkan War marked a decisive collapse of Ottoman power in Europe as a loose regional alliance launched a ...

Emperor Maurice is one of the most overlooked figures in Roman history — yet he may have come closer than anyone to fully restoring the empire after Justinian. This episode explores how Maurice ...

As the Iran war stretches into its fourth week, the tensions inherent in this approach are becoming harder to ignore. Trump may have articulated a doctrine of war without entangle ...

The Avars rose as a dominant ethnic group in Europe, where their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire reshaped the landscape ...

Swarthmore's political science faculty discuss the historical context and hypothetical implications of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran ...

Since the start of the Iran war, in India and Pakistan there has been a renewed interest in Iran’s cultural ties with South ...