September 21, 2020

Alaska could have ended history If Russia hadn't sold the territory to the USA, the Cold War might have heated up

Daniel Kalder

08.09

How Solidarity gives hope to Belarus The Polish trade union's struggles — and eventual victory — are a template for protesters in Minsk

Steve Crawshaw

01.09

Why Fukuyama was right all along Long dismissed as liberal hubris, <I>The End of History</I> accurately predicted that the West's greatest threat comes from within

Aris Roussinos

13.08

Is this the world’s worst dictator? Turkmen citizens are condemned to live in a repressive police state run by an unsophisticated dullard

Daniel Kalder

29.07

How Europe’s Last Dictator survived Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko has avoided the fate of other ex-Soviet bosses

Daniel Kalder

22.07

A cautionary tale for today’s ‘woke’ movement A superb film about the NYT man who lied for Stalin casts light on today's cultural convulsions

John Gray

07.04

How Putin subverts the past to seal his future Authoritarianism has a strong hold on the Russian psyche, fuelled by myths of a glorious history

John Lloyd

24.01

What unites the Nazis and Communists? It is well worth climbing the literary mountain that is Vasily Grossman's <i>Life and Fate</i>

Douglas Murray

07.01

The war that saved Europe from Communism A century ago only the Polish army stood between Bolsheviks and a severely weakened Europe

Roger Moorhouse

16.07

What Brexiteers share with Russians Indifference could cause the break-up of the Union

Mary Dejevsky