The Next Phase of the Russo-Ukraine War: The Impact of Air Force General Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin
The Kremlin announced in early October that a new overall theater commander had been appointed to…
Read More »The Rediscovery of the Recueil
In Rio de Janeiro Tiradentes had pointed to section 8 of the “Constitution de la Republique…
Read More »The Islamic Republic of Iran is Unable to Cure Itself
Iran has once again hit headlines around the world due to social protests. The latest, triggered…
Read More »Scrutinizing U.S. Overtures to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Politico recently reported the U.S. government is attempting to barter the aircraft formerly belonging to the…
Read More »The Constitutional Proposals: The Divergent Impacts of Franklin and Jefferson
The Minas plot had been disrupted prior to denunciation by Silvério dos Reis. The revolt had…
Read More »Thomas Jefferson in France
The Minas conspirators saw the American Revolution as relevant because they perceived the tax demands (the…
Read More »Benjamin Franklin and the Recueil in France
Benjamin Franklin, then seventy years of age, was famous as a leading figure in natural philosophy…
Read More »The United States and Portugal in the Time of the 18th Century Revolutions
Fortuitously for the Portuguese authorities, they were able to hide the Minas Conspiracy from international attention.…
Read More »Imagined Republics: The United States of America, France, and Brazil (1776–1792)
Editor’s Note: Professor Kenneth Maxwell recently completed his research on the “global revolution” from the United…
Read More »Remembering Gorbachev: The 1986 Reykjavik Summit
Last week, Mihail Gorbachev died. I found much of the press coverage of this event very…
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