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The Orthodox Munition

Written by Miriam Yakobashvili The Editor-in-Chief of RT (Russia Today), Margarita Simonyan, suggested that in the case of a reemergent 2008 scenario (referencing Russian invasion of Georgia), no one would send troops into the country, but rather launch a total destruction of Tbilisi through a strike.  Her reasoning was as follows: Tbilisi is not worth sparing as there is no Kyiv Pchersk Lavra there, implying that Russia did not take such measures against Kyiv […]

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The Battle of the Thermopylae, or the Lies of the 300

Written by Gabriel Blondeau The Battle of Thermopylae has been subject to a number of retellings, reinterpretations, revisions and most importantly, lies. We must distinguish the historical facts from the historicised narrative fiction presented as the former, often used as a basis for legitimacy. The Battle of the Thermopylae pass was fought in 480 BC […]

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The Shining Star of Post-Soviet Nationalism Looms Over Russia & its People

Coat of arms of Russia isolated on cloudy sky

Written by Louis Rawlinson Back in June of 2019 I traversed from West to East on the eclectic Trans-Siberian railway. The buildings of St Petersburg suggested a Parisian city with a Roman soul. It was in Moscow however, the spiritual and political heart of Muscovite civilisation, where I experienced a city undergoing its own national renaissance. With a President intent on […]

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Moroccan National Identity & the 1970s Musical Group Nass El Ghiwane

Written by Faisal Ahmad Lyrics to Fine Ghadi Biya (Song): Written by: Laarbi Batma, founding member of Nass El Ghiwane “FINE GHADI BIYA KHOUYA FINE GHADI BIYA Where are you taking me brother? DAKA TABAA DEKA CHKOUNE YHED LBASSE Knock after knock , who can stop the misery LA TLOUMOUNA F LGHERBA YA HAD NASSE […]

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What Makes America Great? (A Response to the New Right)

Written by Luke Matthews In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me, As He died to make men Holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.                   […]

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The Dannebrog: When the Political becomes Personal

​Written by Catherine Burke While many nationalities, such as Americans, are known for harboring an obsession with their country’s flag, few flags’ significance in daily life compares to that of the Dannebrog. The Dannebrog, which is the term used in Denmark to refer to the national flag, literally translating to “cloth of the Danes,” plays a central role in […]

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The British Museum is Romanticism’s Cultural Battleground

Written by Marion Gabriel We’ve all been to the British Museum. At least once. Whether to follow grandma in her obsession with antique Asian porcelain, or out of boredom on a rainy Sunday afternoon.  It is true that, with more than 60 galleries, a research library, as well as education programs; the British Museum has […]

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The Rise of the Reichsbürger

In this video essay, Anna Homann profiles the Reichsbürger movement, its function, narratives and effect on German politics and identity. As Anna analyses, the current salience of the Reichsbürger movement asks pressing questions about the level of threat nationalism poses at present. Video Transcript Germany, 07.12.2022. News of a large-scale raid against Reichsbürger is spreading. The reason, […]

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“The Older, The Worthier”: National Heroes as Conduits of Ethnonational Identity

In this video essay, Vanesa Valcheva examines how nationalist narratives usurp convenient historical figures, mythologising them as the cannons of a specific ethnonational spirit. Through the example of Bulgarian-North Macedonian relations, Vanesa investigates the necessity of history making nationalisms legitimate. Video Transcript Nationalism is illegitimate without history. Nationalist narratives can exist successfully if specific episodes […]