The law of unintended consequences is the only real law of history.

Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.

In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.

I think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the functions of an empire, you are incapable of learning from the mistakes of past empires.

When bond prices fall, interest rates soar, with painful consequences for all borrowers.

The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.

No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.