RT @ahistoryinart: Joan Eardley's pastel drawing reflects much of what Glasgow's tenements looked like in the 1950s. This is possibly Glasg…
Once you have seen a Russian buffet spread, there is really no going back … its like nothing Ive ever experienced. twitter.com/Russia/status/…
"In Japan, 910k people work in auto industries, including 690k in parts. A gasoline-powered automobile is composed of around 30k parts, while an engine-less EV
RT @Tank_Archives: The main weakness of the early T-34 tanks was the lifespan of the engine and clutch. By early 1941 the guaranteed lifesp…
An armored train that needed a bespoke, dismountable SPG to support it … twitter.com/GunslingerSqui…
It must have been quite haunting having these monsters littering the landscape long after the war had ended. twitter.com/alextijhuis/st…
The methamphetamine market has expanded globally during the past few years with seizures more than doubling from 100 tons in 2013 to 228 tons in
Faced with farmers protests, "Like all demagogues, Modi has come to a cross-road. More so because his regime labours under a self-inflicted handicap; it is
"European single market was to a large extent created by British Conservatives.” @MESandbu Thatcher = bulldozer Cockfield the intellectual driver. But not compatible with national
"British supplied tanks made up in the region of 30–40% of the heavy and medium tank strength of Soviet forces before Moscow at the beginning
RT @fakehistoryhunt: Some things really were better in the past. Zeppelin Cobalt Blue Glass Decanter Shaker Set,1920s. https://t.co/HNDu68D…
“Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power
“Control the yield curve, decide the future,” Banque Havillland’s plan for a raid on financial markets of Qatar on behalf of UAE. Remarkable story this:
RT @JoeMillerJr: There are good Christmas presents, and then there’s my Playmobil Johann Sebastian Bach 😍 https://t.co/4iSmi6FKsv
B-52s – The Last Argument of Presidents By time last retire, they may be more than 80 years old! Life is limited by fatigue limit
12.4 m doses shipped, 2.6 m people vaccinated "US states have used 1/5 of the doses they were given in the past three weeks.” Have
RT @TGTandV: Just finishing transcription of this man's memoir of commanding Army Aviation operations in Aden and the Radfan. Looking forwa…
@TGTandV @DEHEdgerton @NewLeftReview Broadly speaking, the US literature (though I don’t know it as well), confirms an existing narrative – the titles are telling –
Arguments of @DEHEdgerton War Machine and Wages of Destruction are joined at the hip. Goes back to "LIBERAL MILITARISM AND THE BRITISH STATE” by @DEHEdgerton
"At xmas (1870) the true siege of Paris began" Frederick Engels December 1870. French armies withdrew to the city. on 27th December German batteries opened
On New Years Even 1870 Alfred Krupp sat in his villa on the Hügel and did sketches for a giant mortar that he wanted to
RT @DominiqueReill: Luca is home! Here he is in Vicky’s arms. Will share more when NYC is awake and I can get the details! https://t.co/vgv…
RT @Tom_Westgarth15: I learned a LOT from Twitter in 2020, so wanted to share the people I think are going to give great insight into
RT @ianrgraham: I missed this clear beginner’s guide to Beck and the Risk Society and their current relevance from August by @adam_tooze.…
RT @IbsenMalte: Som @adam_tooze forudså i september er “vaccine politics” blevet en kæmpe ting. Men vi bruger slet ikke nok ressourcer på v…
This is a great thread on the EU-China investment deal. (In French) twitter.com/AntoineBondaz/…
If the flurry of trans-Atlantic debate about the EU-China investment treaty is anything to go by, the next few months are going to be interesting!
RT @ischinger: @thomaswright08 Tom, why would the US want a “droit de regard” concerning the CAI which has been negotiated for 7 years, now…
RT @curious76208787: @adam_tooze other factor is with most / many seeing china currency undervalued 10-20%, in theory if that adjusts over…
"Chen Derong, the chairman of China Baowu Steel Group, broke into tears last week as he announced the company had produced a record 100 million
Its not the number of bond defaults in China that has made the end of 2020 special, but the size of the defaults and the
In 2020Q2 the “errors and omissions” on China’s capital account were -2% of gdp. @WorldBank calls it “informal capital”. I wonder what @Brad_Setser Might say.
RCEP: "China-US rivalry tends to overshadow assessments. But this major accomplishment came with ASEAN at the centre.” @Rockintan @LowyInstitute lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete… https://t.co/DafCIaPYo7
The growth in China’s imports has slowed dramatically since 2015. In part this is due to onshoring of value chains (bottom left). China makes its
As was true for the original TPP back in 2016, Vietnam is predicted to do best out of the mega Asian trade deal, RCEP. @WorldBank
2020 was a crisis like no other also in the stimulus policies it provoked and who did them. Unlike 2008, China NOT in the lead
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