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Margaret MacMillan

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flanders Field American World War I Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem March 26, 2014. Obama is on a one-day visit to Belgium where he will attend a EU-USA summit and hold a speech.

World War I might actually teach us something about today’s crisis with Russia

Global Politics

Historian Margaret MacMillan sees parallels between the lead-up to World War I and today’s instability in the face of rising Russian nationalism. She says the West failed to appreciate Russia’s feeling of humiliation after the Cold War. She warns against dangerous miscalculations and for a strong response to Putin.

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flanders Field American World War I Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem March 26, 2014. Obama is on a one-day visit to Belgium where he will attend a EU-USA summit and hold a speech.

World War I might actually teach us something about today’s crisis with Russia

Global Politics
Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), T. E. Lawrence, Faisal's slave (name unknown), Captain Hassan Khadri.

History of Iraq part I: the British legacy

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The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919 painted by William Orpen.

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‘To the Best of Our Knowledge: Clash of Civilizations’

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