Tag Archives: history

The End of American Exceptionalism?

America, on the road to become like Europe’s social democracies, is losing its exceptionalism.

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China’s Age-Old Matchmaking Traditions

What is the history behind marriage matchmaking in China and where is it headed?

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Russia’s Miserable Century: 85 Million “Gone Missing”

What was the human cost of Russia’s 20th century trials and tribulations?

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Three Myths About the Middle East

No, the region isn’t the source of all evil.

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Donetsk: Better to Join the UK than Russia

People in Eastern Ukraine have figured out how to use their heritage for advantage against Putin and Russia.

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Warfare and the Invention of GDP

Quite contrary to current efforts to reflect happiness, GDP was invented to prepare nations better for warfare.

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Obama’s Whitewashed History

Putin is no saint, but he simply revived Russia’s own version of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine.

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Russia: Pushing Back at the United States

Looking at Russia’s recent actions in a historical context.

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Parachuting Over Ukraine, at Age 90

War, uniforms, armies: Military memories in a troubled landscape.

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Putin’s Russia Reset

What Putin learned from the 1989 German revolution — and how he misunderstood it

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