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From wartime Cabinets to crumbling stately homes, via assassins’ dens and medieval pews, 2021’s best histories gave us the inside scoop

From wartime Cabinets to crumbling stately homes, via assassins’ dens and medieval pews, 2021’s best histories gave us the inside scoop

Political rhetoric and bold declarations of policy and principle, like money, have to be credible. They have to be backed by deeds. China's growing standing around the world, irrespective of the US administration's rhetoric and diplomatic efforts and alliance building against it, is backed by real deeds and remarkable achievements.

George Will discovers the “Yellow Peril” On Friday, the Washington Post published a column by George Will titled, “Civilized nations’ efforts to deter Russia and China are starting to add up,” praising the Biden administration’s efforts to mobilize the world’s imperialist powers behind US efforts to dominate Russia and China. Will lauded the decision by the government of Boris Johnson in the UK to send a carrier strike group into waters of the Black Sea claimed by Russia, which l...

Господи! – и для чего стольким простреливать грудь? Поезд прошел и завыл, и завыли солдаты, И запылил, запылил отступающий путь... Нет, умереть! Никогда не родиться бы лучше, Чем этот жалобный, жалостный, каторжный вой О чернобровых красавицах. – Ох, и поют же Нынче солдаты! О, ...

Blood and Iron - a new look at Germanys Second Empire Historian Katja Hoyer has written an entertaining, nuanced account of the conplicated period from 1871 through World War I - in English. Artikel anhören imago images/Rust A painting by Anton von Werner depicts the proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor in the Palace of Versailles. Berlin -  On 18 January, 1871 the King of Prussia, Wilhelm I, was proclaimed Kaiser in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles Palace. The German Empire - a ne...

Apr 21, 2021 The slate of candidates vying to succeed Angela Merkel is now clear — and so is the unenviable pile of global problems the eventual winner will inherit. Merkel’s impending departure after some 16 years as German chancellor brings into play not simply the direction of Europe’s biggest economy, but the balance of power on the continent. With the world increasingly defined by a great power rivalry reminiscent of the 19th century, the winner of September’s federal elec...

What Germany’s Next Leader Means for Europe and the World Order Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Alan Crawford (Bloomberg) -- The slate of candidates vying to succeed Angela Merkel is now clear — and so is the unenviable pile of global problems the eventual winner will inherit. Merkel’s impending departure after some 16 years as German chancellor brings into play not simply the direction of Europe’s biggest economy, but the balance of power on the continent. With the world increas...

How Xi Jinping’s China Is Wilhelmine Germany Come Again While China’s South China Sea strategy is more nuanced and sophisticated, it might fall into the same traps as the Kaiser’s. The 1910 funeral of Edward VII, king of the United Kingdom and emperor of India, represents the last time before World War I that the leaders of Europe met in person: kings, emperors, tzars, and presidents. That assembly illustrated the ties of blood and commerce of the time, which seemed to have bound the wor...

Why Europe Should Speak Latin Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, March 15, 2021 The headline is from a Turkish government site: “French call to replace English with Latin as Europe’s official language.” When I read the headline, I laughed. I stopped laughing as I read the article. Yes, Latin should be the official language of the European Union. It’s an even better idea than that of Eric Zemmour — an Algerian Jew of Berber origin — who is an outspoken defender of France. He says Fr...