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About Stephen Satkiewicz

Independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Big History, Historical Sociology, War studies, as well as Russian and East European history. I served as the editor for the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC) newsletter from 2016-2018.

Stephen Satkiewicz is independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Big History, Historical Sociology, War studies, as well as Russian and East European history.

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Russian and Eurasian Studies June 20, 2022

Russian Grand Strategy in the Era of Global Power Competition

Andrew Monaghan

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
The status of Russia as a world power has been fiercely debated since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although often ignored, Russia came back into the international limelight in …
Big Ideas June 3, 2022

Are We Entering a "Neo-Medieval" Era?

A Conversation with Greg Lewicki

Greg Lewicki

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
Our world is being marked by a transition of epochs towards a more “Neo-Medieval” era. What is even meant by “Neo-Medieval”? Greg Lewicki argues that “Neo-Medieval” is characterized by seven …
National Security June 3, 2022

Old and New Battlespaces

Society, Military Power, and War

Jahara Matisek and Buddhika Jayamaha

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
War is ever changing. Just within the last decade or so, new domains have opened up as potential battlefields of the present and the future. These range from traditional land …
European Politics May 16, 2022

The Political Philosophy of the European City

From Polis, Through City-State, to Megalopolis?

Ferenc Hörcher

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
To many the city might seem simply a large urban area to live within, but it actually forms an important political concept and community that has been influential throughout European …
Politics & Polemics April 1, 2022

Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus

New Directions for the Future Development of Humankind

W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
"Our time is the age of postmodernity and of the clash of epochs. But a new age of humanity is rising. It is evolutionity or the evolutionary epoch which replaces …
Military History March 10, 2022

The Virtuous Wehrmacht

Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944

David A. Harrisville

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
When Nazi Germany launched the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, its leadership made clear to the Wehrmacht that it was waging a "war of extermination" against Germany's enemies …
Russian and Eurasian Studies January 18, 2022

Disenchanted Wanderer

The Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leontiev

Glenn Cronin

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
Although largely unknown in the West, the Russian novelist and political essayist Konstantin Nikolaevich Leontiev (1831-1891) has left a strong legacy in his homeland. He has often been compared to …
General History November 23, 2021

The Rise of the Civilizational State

Christopher Coker

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
In recent years the resurgence of great power competition has gripped the headlines, with new emerging powers (such as Russia and China) seeking to challenge the American and Western hegemony …