Very much agree that it’s essential to German/Russian agency, but it’s also worth asking whether Versailles or the collapse of the Soviet Union could have been handled differently to produce a better outcome, and whether this was foreseeable, and therefore what mistakes were made.

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This is more of a Euro-specific one, but it's in the same vein: Azerbaijan is run by a dictatorial regime that very recently got away with repeated wars of aggression and a massive ethnic cleansing. They are barely sanctioned and still compete in Eurovision.

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My favorite fact about Pakistan's nuclear program is that they very seriously considered giving their warheads to the Taliban to keep them out of reach of an Indian first strike. (According to Ahmed Rashid.)

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Feels like the phenomenon haunting every culture war narrative in the press is growing individual incomes and financial independence. A century ago most everyone would just have to grit their teeth and suffer their relatives/ partners as a matter of survival. This is no longer the case.

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