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A new age of US-Mexican interdependence
The US and Mexico have intensified their joint efforts to take down the cartels – and the stakes could not be higher.
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The US and Mexico have intensified their joint efforts to take down the cartels – and the stakes could not be higher.
A new age of US-Mexican interdependence | Joseph Ledford
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A new age of US-Mexican interdependence | Joseph Ledford
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The US and Mexico have intensified their joint efforts to take down the cartels – and the stakes could not be higher.
A new age of US-Mexican interdependence | Joseph Ledford
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A new age of US-Mexican interdependence | Joseph Ledford
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A new age of US-Mexican interdependence
The US and Mexico have intensified their joint efforts to take down the cartels – and the stakes could not be higher.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The US and Mexico have intensified their joint efforts to take down the cartels – and the stakes could not be higher.
A new age of US-Mexican interdependence | Joseph Ledford
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A new age of US-Mexican interdependence | Joseph Ledford
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My 'Engelsberg Ideas' review of 'The Sound Atlas' by Michaela Vieser and Isaac Yuen - engelsbergideas.com/reviews/musi...
Musica universalis
The eye did not always have primacy over the ear. Humanity once valued spiritual hearing over spiritual seeing.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My 'Engelsberg Ideas' review of 'The Sound Atlas' by Michaela Vieser and Isaac Yuen - engelsbergideas.com/reviews/musi...
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The First Real Peace Settlement after the First World War. Why we can still learn a lot from the Locarno Pact - after 100 years. My latest essay for Engelsberg Ideas:
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The Locarno Pact's enduring legacy
The Locarno Pact of 1925 provided the foundations for a more just, durable and peaceful European order. Although its early promise was snuffed out by the global crisis of the 1930s, the pact's guiding...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The First Real Peace Settlement after the First World War. Why we can still learn a lot from the Locarno Pact - after 100 years. My latest essay for Engelsberg Ideas:
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The New Cold War is Here by David Roche
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NOVEMBER 26, 2025
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NOVEMBER 26, 2025
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The New Cold War is here
As China consolidates an ideological and strategic bloc with Russia, Iran and North Korea, it seeks nuclear parity with the United States, technological and economic autonomy, and greater control over...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The New Cold War is Here by David Roche
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NOVEMBER 26, 2025
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NOVEMBER 26, 2025
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Invoking Machiavelli to legitimise bloodletting in democracies leads nowhere good.
Violence according to Machiavelli | David Wootton
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Violence according to Machiavelli | David Wootton
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Violence according to Machiavelli
Invoking Machiavelli to legitimise bloodletting in democracies leads nowhere good.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Invoking Machiavelli to legitimise bloodletting in democracies leads nowhere good.
Violence according to Machiavelli | David Wootton
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Violence according to Machiavelli | David Wootton
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From a wartime airfield to a landmark of regional development — now under threat — Humberside Airport's story deserves to be better known.
Elegy for Humberside Airport | @jcbretan.bsky.social
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Elegy for Humberside Airport | @jcbretan.bsky.social
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Elegy for Humberside Airport
From a wartime airfield to a landmark of regional development — now under threat — Humberside Airport's story deserves to be better known.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
From a wartime airfield to a landmark of regional development — now under threat — Humberside Airport's story deserves to be better known.
Elegy for Humberside Airport | @jcbretan.bsky.social
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Elegy for Humberside Airport | @jcbretan.bsky.social
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Lovely review of my new book @engelsbergideas.bsky.social
Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lovely review of my new book @engelsbergideas.bsky.social
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"If we can learn to see every person as a ‘fellow sufferer’, and thus extend our compassion without discrimination, then there are, even in these hard times, genuine grounds for hope."
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"If we can learn to see every person as a ‘fellow sufferer’, and thus extend our compassion without discrimination, then there are, even in these hard times, genuine grounds for hope."
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This is a wonderfully thoughtful book review by Stroud. Well worth taking the time to read the review. David Bather Woods' biography is going to be put on my reading list through interlibrary loan tomorrow.
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
engelsbergideas.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This is a wonderfully thoughtful book review by Stroud. Well worth taking the time to read the review. David Bather Woods' biography is going to be put on my reading list through interlibrary loan tomorrow.
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
engelsbergideas.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
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France's rebuilding of its diplomatic credibility after the Franco-Prussian War offers enduring lessons in national resilience.
How France overcame defeat in the Franco-Prussian War | Paul Cormarie
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How France overcame defeat in the Franco-Prussian War | Paul Cormarie
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How France overcame defeat in the Franco-Prussian War
France's rebuilding of its diplomatic credibility after the Franco-Prussian War offers enduring lessons in national resilience.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
France's rebuilding of its diplomatic credibility after the Franco-Prussian War offers enduring lessons in national resilience.
How France overcame defeat in the Franco-Prussian War | Paul Cormarie
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How France overcame defeat in the Franco-Prussian War | Paul Cormarie
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The scale and diversity of her oeuvre, which includes portraits, allegorical series and still-lifes, was unmatched by any female painter of her era.
Michaelina Wautier’s great talent | Cath Pound
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Michaelina Wautier’s great talent | Cath Pound
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Michaelina Wautier's great talent
The scale and diversity of her oeuvre, which includes portraits, allegorical series and still-lifes, was unmatched by any female painter of her era.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The scale and diversity of her oeuvre, which includes portraits, allegorical series and still-lifes, was unmatched by any female painter of her era.
Michaelina Wautier’s great talent | Cath Pound
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Michaelina Wautier’s great talent | Cath Pound
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Insightful article @engelsbergideas.bsky.social on the tragic rise and fall of Europe's war hero
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The tragedy of Zelensky's Ukraine
President Zelensky's stunning political rise promised to combat corruption and bring rapprochement with Russia. His administration is now mired in allegations of war-profiteering.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Insightful article @engelsbergideas.bsky.social on the tragic rise and fall of Europe's war hero
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Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision of the Eternal City was far from an aesthete's fantasy. His Rome was a real place, at once poetic and squalid, which he captured with a cartographer’s eye.
Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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Pasolini’s Rome
Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision of the Eternal City was far from an aesthete's fantasy. His Rome was a real place, at once poetic and squalid, which he captured with a cartographer’s eye.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision of the Eternal City was far from an aesthete's fantasy. His Rome was a real place, at once poetic and squalid, which he captured with a cartographer’s eye.
Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision of the Eternal City was far from an aesthete's fantasy. His Rome was a real place, at once poetic and squalid, which he captured with a cartographer’s eye.
Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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Pasolini’s Rome
Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision of the Eternal City was far from an aesthete's fantasy. His Rome was a real place, at once poetic and squalid, which he captured with a cartographer’s eye.
engelsbergideas.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision of the Eternal City was far from an aesthete's fantasy. His Rome was a real place, at once poetic and squalid, which he captured with a cartographer’s eye.
Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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Pasolini’s Rome | Ian Thomson
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