Will China invade Taiwan? If so, what role will the US play? And how will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fit into the equation? Will China invade Taiwan? If so, what role will the US play? And how does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fit into the equation?
As the world continues to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic, the onslaught of new developments, disrupted routines, and fast-evolving medical research and advice trap us in a kind of eternal present. Each day feels unprecedented. But, at least since the Black Death, the macrohistories of disease have followed a tediously similar course. Over the past six centuries, in different