Soviet Collapse, National Decline
Russia 1985–1999, by Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis is a collagist who deals with ideas and their emotional impact.(...)
Russia 1985–1999, by Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis is a collagist who deals with ideas and their emotional impact.(...)
Ukraine and American Strategy
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues with no end in sight.(...)
The End of the USSR
Working for the Iron Lady
It’s remarkable how candidates in the Tory leadership race have channelled Margaret Thatcher. Especially as they're barely old enough to have experienced her policies.(...)
Refugees Were Never the Issue
One of the most memorable insights I took away from my time in the UK Foreign Office was a speech by the UK’s ambassador to the UN, Sir Crispin Tickell.(...)
Liberalism and Its Discontents, by Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama has a fraught relationship with history. In the late 1980s, he thought it was over.(...)
Anarchists in the Ukrainian War of Independence. Anti-Russian invasion flyer, Berlin. [Joel Schalit]
Last kiss before neoliberalism. My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love replica, Berlin Brandenburg. [Joel Schalit]