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Book Revie: Carving Up The Globe

Posted on July 13, 2024 by nathanalbright

Carving Up The Globe: An Atlas Of Diplomacy, by Malise Ruthven, General Editor When we think of the saying: “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” we normally think of this statement as meaning that we should not think poorly … Continue reading →

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Book Review: You Rule!

Posted on July 12, 2024 by nathanalbright

You Rule! Create Your Own Country, by Scott Forbes and Emma Luara Jones This book is published by Lonely Planet for Kids, and it was not exactly the sort of book that I thought it would be. This is not … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Taiwan: Nation-State Or Province?

Posted on July 2, 2024 by nathanalbright

Taiwan: Nation-State Or Province, by John F. Copper Taiwan and its situation bring up one of those interesting examples of how what ought to be simple and straightforward definitions are not so much when they depend on the opinions of … Continue reading →

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Escalatory Retaliation, Or How History Feels When It Is Being Written

Posted on April 14, 2024 by nathanalbright

I happened to glance at my phone as I was getting ready to leave services and go to dinner, and found that on both Skype and Telegram, a dear friend of mine (who happens to live near the center of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: On Savage Shores

Posted on March 23, 2024 by nathanalbright

On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe, by Caroline Dodds Pennock This book is an example of the worst sort of contemporary historical trends, written and “researched” during Covid times by the laziest sort of historian, someone who imagines … Continue reading →

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Book Review: America And Iran

Posted on March 14, 2024 by nathanalbright

America And Iran: A History: 1720 To The Present, John Ghazvinian One of the more interesting insights to come from this wonderful book is that for the vast majority of the history of interaction between Iran and the United States, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Time Of Anarchy

Posted on September 1, 2023 by nathanalbright

Time Of Anarchy: Indigenous Power And The Crisis Of Colonialism In Early America, by Matthew Kruer I hope that this author got the social credit boost he was looking for, because this book fails miserably as a history. The author … Continue reading →

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On Security Dilemmas In West Africa

Posted on August 6, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the truths that is often neglected when it comes to the cultivation of militaries is that generally speaking, militaries tend to be skilled in one of two areas: either being used as political pieces in internal conflicts, or … Continue reading →

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Gibraltar And The Self-Governing Paradox

Posted on June 23, 2023 by nathanalbright

Like other territories that I have visited like the Virgin Islands and Guam, Gibraltar and many other British imperial possessions sits on the list of non-self governing territories. One of the stark paradoxes of the place of the British lands … Continue reading →

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Do Small Nations Have A Right To Exist?

Posted on March 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

We live in a world that frequently exalts companies and institutions that are massive, to the point where they threaten to take over the entire world and bring it under subjection to some sort of unaccountable authority that thinks it … Continue reading →

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