HISTORY

“For over 40 years this organization has eluded all democratic controls and has been run by the secret services of the states concerned in collaboration with NATO. In certain Member States, military secret services (or uncontrolled branches thereof)

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Since the 1980s, Mexico has replaced the guiding hand of government intervention in the economy with the invisible hand of the market. GDP has increased, but at what cost?

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The struggles of post-colonial states are due to enduring colonial influence. This article explores how colonialism in Africa was conducted, and how methods of colonial historiography contributed to a romanticising of its impact.

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This is the first section of a report of the Italian Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into Operation Gladio, a clandestine military and intelligence network operating on European soil for forty years after WWII.

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Much has been written about Rwandan genocide. Less has been revealed about how powerful states and international institutions chose to ignore the bloodshed as it developed. This is how it happened.

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Historical fact is more unsettling than fiction. The first in a series, this article is an introduction to Gladio, a clandestine operation that changed Italian – and world – politics.

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Originally published just weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this article predicted that a lack of engagement with the Russian perspective on NATO expansion would lead to an escalation of tensions.

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