Tag Archives: history

The Return of Jewish Germany

By , March 22, 2014 in Just The Facts

Since World War II, Germany has partially rebuilt its Jewish population.

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Crimea: What Could Have Been

By , March 16, 2014 in Globalist Perspective

Vasily Aksenov’s 1979 utopian novel “The Island of Crimea” in today’s context

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Advantage China: Putin’s Dangerous Crimea Precedent

By , March 16, 2014 in Global Pairings

Putin’s intervention in Crimea re-opens the door to territorial China’s claims on Russia

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From the Paradise of Dissent to the Paradise of Diversity

By , March 15, 2014 in EconoMatters

The economic future of South Australia

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Anatol Zukerman on Russia

By , March 8, 2014 in Globalist Photo Gallery

How political art helps us grasp unpleasant political realities: The case of Russia/Soviet Union.

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Moltke: Architect of Catastrophe, 1914

By , February 22, 2014 in Global Pairings

How one general accidentally plunged Germany into a ruinous war in 1914.

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War and Peace in Asia: There Are Always Choices

By , February 13, 2014 in Global HotSpots

China is becoming a global power. Can it break the bellicose pattern set by all previous rising global powers?

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Syria’s Civil War and the World’s Oldest Refugee

By , February 11, 2014 in Global HotSpots

A reflection on our collective failures as human societies.

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UN and Bombing Syria: 1945 and Now

By , February 11, 2014 in Global HotSpots, Globalist Bookshelf

How the world of 2014 is an eerie replay of 1945.

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Twentieth Century Milestones in 2014

By , February 9, 2014 in Globalist Perspective

Can we use the milestones and guideposts of the past century to deal with current choices?

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