With some Western governments restricting weapons transfers to Israel, the country must adopt a “super Sparta” mentality in the face of increasing isolation, summoning the famed self-reliance and ...

In the early decades of the state’s existence, Israel could not rely on American military support at all. During the 1950s ...

Sparta’s myth is famous, but its Bronze Age reality is elusive, shaped by earthquakes, scattered power centers, and a landscape that kept its secrets for millennia. From sunken cities to rare Linear B ...

Despite being rivals, many Athenians admired the government, clothing, and austerity of the Spartans. Falling prey to “Laconophilia,” some began to adopt the mannerisms and even dress like their ...

The world is at a dangerous inflection point. Students of history can recall the rise of Germany at the end of the 1890s and, much further back, the rise of Sparta and the Thucydides Trap. President ...