The big story of the week is the G20 Summit in New Delhi and what it reveals about the new force fields of the multipolar world. With the UN General Assembly meeting next week, the world is walking from the wrecked starship of US diplomacy, the USS Exceptionalism.
Reportedly, Oppenheimer read Sanskrit. But one small archival discovery I made in making the video was that Oppenheimer may have misquoted or used a poor translation of the line from the Gita.
This week, I finished editing 13 Ways of Looking at a Bureaucrat: Writings on Governing, and…
All ordinary citizens of the world desire peace, even if their leaders conspire for war. All ordinary citizens of the world need to see war as it is, even if the media dream machines narrate stories of good and evil.
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In this 8th podcast episode in the ‘Black Legend of Russian History’ the myths about Ivan the Terrible are outlined, and then the stranger stories of his life are told.
In the early 1600s Russia suffered a traumatic civil war, political instability and social chaos – the Time of Troubles. Find out more on my latest podcast.
As part of the continuing series of telling Russian History backwards and debunking the ‘Black Legend of Russian History, Jeff Rich tells the tale of Russia’s 18th century when there was one great Emperor and four remarkable Empresses.
I have released two new episodes of The Burning Archive podcast. Episode 65 The Black Legend…
Tonight I released my latest podcast, Please Don’t Cancel Russia, episode 60. When in early 2022…