After losing to Ethiopia, Italy tries to restore its reputation as a colonizer by invading Libya, following directly from Frances invasion of Morocco and leading directly to the Balkan War. The domin

Support for Apartheid South Africa, for dismantling democracy in Haiti and Honduras, destabilizing the Middle East, occupying Afghanistan, financing the arms industry… what drives Canada to constantly

The short Hafiziyya period in Morocco leads to the Treaty of Fez and annexation; Moroccos lost its sovereignty but its Germany that feels aggrieved. More scrambling for Africa and another inter-impe

Arama Rata, independent Maori researcher, and Carl Zha of Silk & Steel podcast are both back! Carl reports on his lived experience as a survivor of the Prigozhin coup in Moscow; Arama outlines the ant

Japans annexation of Korea in 1910 is scramble-like colonial behavior; it is the beginning of a long and bold resistance by Korean patriots whose names will return; it is the occasion for studying Ja

The 1911 Chinese Revolution ends with Yuan Shikai in charge. He is ready to take the throne and become emperor except that he cant sweep the foreigners away and ends up deepening the crisis. China en

Stan Cox is back to talk about two essays. One, co-written with Priti Gulati Cox, Between a Yoga Mat and a Hard Place, about where India is headed. And another, The Old Future is Gone and Technolog

The Qing dynasty desperately tries a reform to stay in power while secret societies plot against them; intellectuals debate how to modernize China while Western imperialists keep pressuring China afte

On May 9 2023 ousted president Imran Khan was detained by the Pakistan army, who were forced immediately to release him. But in the month since, the crackdown on protesters (and their families) has be

Timeline of the constitutional revolutions that took place in Persia from 1905-1909 and Portugal in 1910. They werent social revolutions but shared important patterns for later events including a lon