A review of The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China, by Robert D. Kaplan, Random House, 2023, 400 pages. Paperback edition, 2025, 374 pages. The Loom of Time brilliantly shows that authoritarianism (and imperialism) can sometimes be better than democracy at protecting minorities and reducing bloodshed—or at least when...
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