… marks the 75 th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. This year as in previous ones, Europeans commemorated VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a combination … Allied forces began liberating the concentration camps. Soldiers of the Soviet Union’s Red Army were actually the first …

… attempting to draw lessons from history to support their points of view. While many examples from history are … to the present crisis, none is as significant as a great European tragedy that occurred earlier in this century. … of the so-called “lessons of the past” presently being bandied about. It concerns the West’s response to the …

… spirit and with a large gesture invite an enemy to become an angel without further preparation or a flying … sparked the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) and plunged Europe into yet another period of religious violence and … divisive politics, intolerance for opposing religious viewpoints, and a climate of public discourse that would rather …

… cities. They do so, moreover, at a time when France's major European partners and friendly rivals—Great Britain and … And while the answers vary, almost everyone agrees on two points. First, while Hollande ran a brilliant campaign, he … revolts broke out. After receiving his baccalaureate, he studied at Paris' prestigious Institut des Sciences Politiques …

… Sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and the European Union have followed, as has concern and … of Ukraine: Russia cannot be an empire without Ukraine and coming to terms with Ukraine’s separate nationhood is a … Both Russians and Ukrainians look back to the mighty medieval empire of Kyivan Rus′, which accepted Christianity in …

… The crisis between Ukraine, Russia, and the European Union/United States continues to dominate headlines … about Ukraine’s struggles to achieve democracy in the post-Soviet era. ( Image Source ) … that we're accustomed to, either in the United States or in Europe. Instead, those interests are still forming, and …

… of crisis. The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent in Europe, under Sultan Mehmed IV, 1683. Among the biggest … ecology and disease. Indeed, this earlier experience with combating plague served the Ottomans well as they entered … Iraq and the Gulf,” International Journal of Middle East Studies 51 (2019): 603-620. Edna Bonhomme, “Plague in …

… The medieval church gave birth to the misogynistic rhetoric that continues to hinder women’s … the first real “feminist” rumblings of discontent. Medieval women were not content to be victims of oppression: … there were roving bands of young nobleman wandering around European Society trying to find wives through kidnap. Even …

… a sudden and alarming onset. When cholera first arrived in Europe in 1829, the horrific symptoms it caused were so … infection, caused by Vibrio cholerae, caused patients’ bodies to waste away in a matter of hours due to sudden … the poor’s living conditions. In Great Britain, Poor Law Commissioner Edwin Chadwick, from the miasma school, began …

… was whether the United States should send troops to Europe and commit itself to acting in concert with NATO allies.  … cannot be heard. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer … Europe …

… of Ukraine began in February 2022, the United States and European Union began to levy increasingly damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … armored vehicles. In another instance, the engines of Bombardier light off-road vehicles were found in the Iranian …

… groups in the West called for staying home from Sochi. Some European political officials announced that they will not … delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … fall under the law, or are statements to a broad public audience grounds for prosecution? What exactly is a “warped …

… Kent attempts to fix that and introduce Crimea to a wider audience with his new book Crimea: A History . Kent, who is … the Greeks, the Romans, and the Goths, among others. This comprises the first chapter of Kent’s history. The next … basic argument is that Crimea is, at its core, a part of Europe, with much more in common with the West than the …

… dot the landscape and stand beside opera houses and statues commemorating prominent figures of German cultural heritage. … and live. One of the better examples is the “Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas” or the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe . … Europe …

… rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to Western Europe and the United States. It remains a somber … students issued a list of demands known as the “Sixteen Points,” including economic reforms, the removal of Mátyás … troops supported by Hungarian security forces. Red Army soldiers and other emblems of Soviet repression were among the …

… became yet another failed attempt at creating one of Europe’s first stable majority-Muslim democracies.  Early … the multireligious provisional government was challenged by competing leadership, most notably the Republic of Central … Defense Committee, a motley crew of armed villagers, soldiers, and national activists, waged guerilla warfare …

… has scrambled to recover from territorial losses in eastern Europe and Central Asia , widespread corruption in the … superpower status. Its narrowing, unstable economy has become dependent on the export of a single commodity: energy. … around 12 km from the accident site. In this animation, diesel oil is visible in the Ambarnaya River on both May 31 …

… was promptly arrested and imprisoned, where he would die of tuberculosis in 1918. But while the assassin’s fate … First World War. A cascade of diplomatic alliances among Europe’s great powers quickly drew almost the entire … lives and change the face of the planet for generations to come. Gavrilo Princip Legend tells that shortly before his …