Although originally an American phenomenon, nativism has become central to the understanding of the contemporary radical right. They arrived by the thousands in the mid-1750s, immigrants from Württemberg, the Palatinate and Switzerland. Often...
The French president is willing to give the Saudi crown prince a chance at reforming his country. Reuters has slightly mistranslated French President Emmanuel Macron’s justification for supporting the policies and politics of Saudi Crown Prince...
The history that citizens of modern nations study as the true record of their past may in reality be nothing more than a set of new mythologies. In an article for Aeon, Oxford historian Josephine Quinn tells us that “Modern nationalism created...
Italy’s economy has been underperforming due to a wide array of structural problems within the system. Italy is the third largest economy in the eurozone, and its nominal GDP represents the 12th largest in the world. However, Italy’s...
It is surprising to see no mention in any media today of the parallel that exists between the 2001 anthrax attacks across the US and the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil. It could have been called 9/11, Act I, Scene II, or, in...
