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Once upon a time, for-profit trading firms like Britain’s East India Co. wielded sovereign powers over war, peace, and governance, facilitating imperial expansion. Are we seeing something similar today?
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The Habsburgs held together an empire of disparate ethnicities, cultures, and religions through a “grand strategy” of managing time, space, and diplomatic relations. Is this a blueprint for America?
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Why did so many of the best and the brightest embrace the most horrific dictators of the 20th century?
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Historian Emily Jones’s new book explores how a “Burkean” conservatism upholding tradition, an organic conception of society, and the need to defend religion and property emerged.
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