Catch up: Is the EU doomed to fail? A conversation with the historian David Engels

Historian David Engels discusses the parallels between the Roman Republic and the European Union with the Prokhorov Centre's Henk de Berg.

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In conversation with David Engels – part 1

Is the EU doomed to fail? Historian David Engels thinks it is. He argues that the EU is likely to end up with the same kind of strongman Caesarism that followed the downfall of the Roman Republic.

Henk de Berg conducted this two-part Prokhorov Centre/Global Humanities Initiative interview with historian David Engels.

In conversation with David Engels – part 2

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