The experience of the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48 CE) doesn’t have much cultural resonance outside of central Europe. Perhaps this is surprising, given that it has the macabre distinction of ...

Thirty years after Germans tore down the Berlin Wall, and the Cold War came crashing to an end, the Western order of alliances, disarmament treaties and robust transatlantic relationships is ...

BY DAVID BATASHVILI -- All of the factors which made the Thirty Years’ War as long and bloody as it was are at work in Syria as well.

I see some parallels between what’s happening in the Middle East and what happened in Europe during the Thirty Years’ War several centuries ago, namely the rising of religious identification ...

For now, it will not involve American boots on the ground. But it will be a difficult campaign to manage with so many cross-cutting rivalries among the regional allies. Full Story: Ongoing turmoil in ...

The Thirty Years War, ... France and their respective allies was brought to an end by the now-famous Treaties of Münster and Osnabrück (collectively known as the Peace of Westphalia). In roughly the ...

09/07/2024 September 7, 2024. Thirty years ago, the military presence of the US, Great Britain, France and the former Soviet Union came to an end in Germany. Their legacies remain.