“Great civilizations are not murdered. Instead, they take their own lives.” The great historian Arnold Toynbee concluded this ...

ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE was Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs and Research Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and King’s College London.

The emergence of the U.S. as a hollow maritime power creates profound strategic implications for the Indo-Pacific region.

Historian Professor Arnold Toynbee examines the history of and reasons for the current hostility between east and west, and considers how non-westerners view the western world.