The EU missed the turn to hard power largely because of a factor that is still shaping Europe to this day: the legacy of empire. For when, in 1954, it came time for the French parliament to ratify the ...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on Greenland's status, calling it a colonial conquest not naturally part of ...

Our understanding of global history tends to center on the major conflicts that caused the most widespread upheaval and loss of life. They include the two world wars and, further back in history, the ...

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What began as a dispute between allies is now being reframed in broader historical terms. Comments from Moscow have added ...

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