| Just as the Russian Empire claimed to be fighting Polish influence, Vladimir Putin has cast his soldiers as the liberators of Ukraine from domination by Poland. It is a distorted historical vision, but one with deep roots. Luka Ivan Jukic investigates. Europe needs a grand strategy, writes Marina Henke. Luke A. Nichter reflects on the success of third-party candidates in US presidential elections. Unlike the Greeks, the Babylonians treated numbers in the more abstract way we do today. Mark Ronan considers the Babylonian contribution to mathematics. Aaron Edwards surveys the career of Frank Kitson, master of counter-insurgency, and the myths that surround him. Katherine Harvey explores the turbulent history of the Orkney archipelago, found to the north of the Scottish mainland. A delightful exhibition of John Singer Sargent’s portraits at Tate Britain succeeds despite its faddish curation, Alexandra Wilson reports. Nicholas Morton reviews Crusader Castle: The Desert Fortress of Kerak by Michael S. Fulton. On the latest episode of EI Talks… Geoff Andrew, the BFI’s programmer-at-large, and film critic Muriel Zagha sit down with EI’s Deputy Editor Alastair Benn to discuss the varied, visionary and eccentric creations of the German filmmaker Werner Herzog. . The Weekly Listen is Josef Joffe on the end of ‘the end of history’. |
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