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In May 2025 a new bas-relief of Joseph Stalin appeared in a Moscow metro station, an exact replica of one torn down in the 1960s, and the question it raises is the question of this episode of Empire:…
Lavrov and Rubio met in Manila for about thirty-five minutes, with no joint statement and no public results.
Sarah Paine’s lecture begins with an ideal-type contrast. Continental and maritime powers, she argues, have tried to organize the world differently, and the distinction still matters.
Alexander Mercouris originally wanted to compare two wars: the intense, policy-driven conflict between the United States and Iran, and Russia's slow, systematic advance in Ukraine.