Laurence ClaussenNov 21, 20228 minTwelve Years of Change in the Middle EastRecently, I’ve wanted to write a piece about the Middle East. But what to write about? What country should I focus on? And even if I...
Laurence ClaussenSep 4, 202211 minThe 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...
Laurence ClaussenJun 25, 20226 minIndifference and Ignorance: The West's Latin America PolicyEARLIER THIS MONTH, the Summit of the Americas took place, hosted by President Biden in Los Angeles. I heard about it through a headline...
Laurence ClaussenMay 20, 20224 minWhy Russia's invasion is driving the world apart...and pushing it back in timeLast summer, I wrote about how both the United States and China were pushing for autarky (self-sufficiency), trying to uncouple their...