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The Orientalist by Tom Reiss
Ali and Nino, the closest thing that modern Azerbaijan has to a national novel, was first published in German in 1937, sold in various translations, hit US bestseller lists in the early 1970s and bears...
View ArticleTramp the Dirt Down
Somebody is worried that Slobodan Milosevic might escape from death. And so, they dug up his corpse and drove a stake through his heart. Seriously. They really did it. One might also want to read this.
View ArticleThe Jewish-European heritage
On the day following Israel’s national holocaust memorial day, writing in Haaretz, Fania Oz-Salzberger reminds both Israelis and Europeans that, for centuries, Jewish history has been an enriching...
View ArticleUne certaine idée de la France ?
It’s interesting that Emmanuel’s remarks about biased statistics about the French economy in Anglophone publications led to some comments trying to asses the extent to which France is perceived as...
View ArticleBloggers for Bronislaw
It is simply intolerable that a EU member state’s government should try to dismiss an MEP elected by the people. I think everyone can agree on that, right? It’s for the public to decide who should...
View ArticleWeb applications and geopolitics
I was recently fiddling with the German Federal Railways’ on-line European timetables, when I noticed something very strange. They have the best cross-European timetable, no doubt about it, but some...
View ArticleChris Walker is Ignorant
If you want to lecture the French on “economic reform”, it pays to have some knowledge of French economic history. If you insist on doing so despite knowing nothing, “Big Mouth Strikes Again” is not a...
View ArticleTotally random historical post: Things to like about Marshal Antonescu
I was going to do a rather obnoxious post about the Macedonian name issue, but decided not to. You can see a draft of it in the comments section over here. Meanwhile, here’s an idea I’ve sometimes...
View ArticleVideo break
Okay, someweird stuff has come out of Russia. Weird stuff comes out of everywhere, no biggy. But this is… really weird. If any Russian readers can give some context to this, I’d be fascinated.
View ArticleHistory: The Durnovo Memorandum
I just discovered this amazing document recently. (h/t to Mr. David Tenner — thanks, David.) Durnovo was Russian, and he was the Minister of the Interior for a while under Nicholas II. (His successor...
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