America, on the road to become like Europe’s social democracies, is losing its exceptionalism.
China’s Age-Old Matchmaking Traditions
What is the history behind marriage matchmaking in China and where is it headed?
Russia’s Miserable Century: 85 Million “Gone Missing”
What was the human cost of Russia’s 20th century trials and tribulations?
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.
Warfare and the Invention of GDP
Quite contrary to current efforts to reflect happiness, GDP was invented to prepare nations better for warfare.
Obama’s Whitewashed History
Putin is no saint, but he simply revived Russia’s own version of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine.
Russia: Pushing Back at the United States
Looking at Russia’s recent actions in a historical context.
Parachuting Over Ukraine, at Age 90
War, uniforms, armies: Military memories in a troubled landscape.
Putin’s Russia Reset
What Putin learned from the 1989 German revolution — and how he misunderstood it

























