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The sinister echoes of 1917 in today’s Russia

A century after Russia’s 1917 revolutions, the current government has hardly reflected on either event. As noted by American historian Chris Miller and others, the symbolism of the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and the October…

Europe’s regional question

Will Freddy Heineken be proven right after all? Will Europe function better, both politically and economically, if divided into smaller, autonomous regions? In 1992, the Dutch beer magnate published a book called The United States of Europe…

La Germania che va verso destra

Le elezioni tedesche ci dicono due cose: l’armonia interna del paese è piĂą fragile di quanto si pensasse, e la Germania tende verso destra. Confermando comunque per la quarta volta Angela Merkel alla Cancelleria, i tedeschi sembrano aver…