Laurence Claussen
The past is never dead. It's not even past. Russian Nationalism and Ukraine.
In 2018, Serhii Plokhy, Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard, published Lost Kingdom, an intellectual and cultural history of...
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Laurence Claussen
May 20, 20224 min read
Why Russia's invasion is driving the world apart...and pushing it back in time
Last summer, I wrote about how both the United States and China were pushing for autarky (self-sufficiency), trying to uncouple their...
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Laurence Claussen
Mar 6, 20224 min read
War is the harbinger of the unknown
There have been other wars in the 21st century. Some have been low-burning, drawn-out slugfests between insurgents and counterinsurgents....
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Laurence Claussen
Jan 29, 20224 min read
Geopolitical empathy: Ukraine's final lesson?
About a month and a half ago, I wrote an article on the crisis in Ukraine. The point of that piece was to sum-up the main lessons of the...
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Laurence Claussen
Sep 17, 20214 min read
And Then What? The Real German Election Crisis
In the summer of 2016 I went to a Democratic Party campaign event in Berlin. It was exciting to be there, talking politics with the pros....
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Laurence Claussen
Aug 13, 20213 min read
German Election Posters and Candidate Characters
I arrived back in Germany this week, almost at the exact moment when all the election posters went up. Unlike the United States, German...
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Laurence Claussen
Jul 9, 20212 min read
What is Europe for?
Every polity needs an organizing principle to focus and direct its efforts. This principle is never singular or uncontroversial, but it...
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Laurence Claussen
Jun 5, 20214 min read
Brexit, the Dissolution of the Union, and a Peculiar Lightning Rod
One of Brexit’s infamous consequences has been a weakening of the Union. Scotland, after voting to remain in the UK back in 2014, now...
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Laurence Claussen
May 3, 20213 min read
Looking Ahead to the German Elections
Many have described the upcoming German elections as a choice between continuity and change. Merkel’s sixteen-year run as chancellor will...
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