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Why is Donald Trump invading Iran?
In a word: humiliation. In the 1970s, there was Henry Kissinger. Alongside him was the growing importance of television, and the gradual breakdown of the traditional East-West Communist-Capitalist divide. Kissinger served two purposes – to create successes which President Nixon could take credit for, and to navigate the extremely complicated and confusing world of international relations during the Oil Crisis
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Would you kill someone for money?
At first, this question seems easy to answer. No. However, people who join the military face this question and decide to do it anyway. (for the purposes of this moral conundrum, we’ll ignore conscription, as the decision is made for you.) Joining up is often for a variety of reasons – nationalism, poverty, opportunities, respect
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A visit to Slovenia
Slovenia is a small nation, in the alps running down to the sea. Tucked up between Austria, Italy, Croatia and Hungary, at various times it was part of each of them. Under Austria during the Habsburgs, part of Yugoslavia afterwards, and divided between Italy, Germany, Hungary and their puppets during the Second World War. After
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Albania
Albania. A small country in Eastern Europe, between the mountains and the sea, with a (and this is understating it) strange history. But did you know that it has trains? Albanians live in a nation cascading down from their alps through hills to the plains, wetlands and islands of the west. From 1385, the Ottoman
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan. A land high in the mountains of grand valleys and great beauty, marred by war, poverty, bigotry, anger and exploitation. But did you know it has trains? Afghanistan is situated at the collision of the Hindu Kush, the Karakorum and Pamir ranges, but is mostly dry as it is so far away from the
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The First Post
An Introduction. This is a blog about stories. The stories we tell ourselves and each other about the past, the present and the world that shaped them all. Welcome to the world’s first blog to be set up after 2014. This blog is about whatever interests me, but mainly geography. I’ll be going on about