Crises in the world: historians describe what we can learn from them

The Tübingen historians Ewald Frie and Mischa Meier, together with dozens of colleagues, have spent twelve years investigating what people can learn from past crises for today. Her conclusion: There are recurring patterns – but no magic formula to overcome all calamity.

Today there is a war in Ukraine and we are all still under the impression of the pandemic. Is the world more affected by crises than twelve years ago when your research project “Threatened Orders” began?

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