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Birds of a Feather

Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce by Sarah A. Stein The ostrich is an exceedingly ugly bird with beautiful feathers – so beautiful that for four decades

January 28, 2009

Agriculture·Books·History·International·Judaism

Blown Up in Bin Laden Country

Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country’s tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it? The moment the bomb exploded, our Frontier Corps driver slammed on the

January 27, 2009

Afghanistan·Asia·Defence·Developing World·Espionage·Ethnicity·Features·Foreign Aid·Global Governance·History·Human Rights·International·Military·North America·Pakistan·War on Terror

Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression

Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today

January 27, 2009

Academia·Communism·Constitutional Affairs·Economy·Europe·Features·France·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Philosophy·Politics·Russia·The West·Western Europe

Prague: Diary

‘The post-1989 temptation in Prague has been two-fold. The first has been to legislate the totalitarian past out of existence, the second has been to copy the liberal West blindly at a

January 13, 2009

Architecture·Communism·Dispatches·Eastern Europe·Economy·EU·History·Modern Life·The West·Welfare State

All Human Life is Here

The Arabian Nights translated by Malcolm C. Lyons with Ursula Lyons, introduced and annotated by Robert Irwi

December 17, 2008

Academia·Books·Faith·Gender·Heritage·History·Islam·Middle East

Bearhugged by Uncle Vlad

Germany's fawning attitude towards Putin stems from a belief that Russia is the nearest thing it has to a colony

December 15, 2008

Eastern Europe·Energy·Espionage·Europe·Features·Germany·Global Governance·History·International·Media·Politics·Publishing·Russia·The West

ONLINE ONLY: False Icons

Fidel & Che: A Revolutionary Friendship by Simon Reid-Henry

December 5, 2008

Books·Communism·History·Latin America·Politics

A Foreign Affair: David Bowie in Berlin

Haunted by Isherwood's shade, the British musician flirted with fascism, then became a hero to the youth of the communist East

November 27, 2008

Communism·Eastern Europe·Features·Germany·History·Music·Politics·Western Europe

The Terrorist Threat to Business

Luke Johnson, entrepreneur and business commentator, discusses terrorism's growing menace with historian Michael Burleigh and Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

November 24, 2008