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In recent times, a semi-new and interesting reason for the war in Ukraine has been posited in mainstream foreign policy circles. The theory goes that the post-Soviet Ostpolitik of Western Europe, and primarily Germany, was fundamentally flawed in its dealings with Russia. The theory also contends that rather than deepen economic ties which could have…
The new Knight of the Seven Kingdoms show has reinvigorated my love for GRRM’s universe. After over a year of not really touching it, I have been reading a lot more of the mainline series and the Dunk and Egg novellas (many hundreds of pages, which constitute a drop in the bucket). This second wind,…
Of late I have found myself rewatching Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain’s show that aired from 2013 until 2018. Like his other show No Reservations, the intellectual aim of the show is to explore unknown or changing places with a focus on the cultural and culinary points of view. The thing that prompted me to write…
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