Through 1970s, the populations of Iraq & Afghanistan were on similar trajectories. They are similar today. A huge divergence opened up between them … in
The persistence of Nazi language of “performance” (Leistung) into the post 1945 period is an interesting phenomenon. But is this one of those "born in
@Alan_Allport @Airminded @JonathanBoff @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy Exactly. It was about knowing the system, the implied model …
@Alan_Allport @OberstWKlink @JozefPryzma @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy Precisely
"From India’s perspective, it was Afghanistan that was on top of the agenda. apprehensions that the US has failed to take New Delhi’s views into
@OberstWKlink @Alan_Allport @JozefPryzma @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy And oh no … obviously need time for a more considered response but this isn’t at all convincing. Doesn’t establish
@Alan_Allport @JozefPryzma @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy Wow. Thanks for cite. Gotta check that out. If you think about the numbers involved it is wildly implausible. But this
@Alan_Allport @JozefPryzma @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy Hi @Alan_Allport though this claim is often made and one should obviously not dismiss it lightly, I don’t believe it to
In 1977 Afghanistan was a 15% urban, 85% rural low-income society. By 1987 44% of pop displaced. Countryside depopulated -> rural pop crashed to 23%
@JozefPryzma @Alan_Allport @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy You are right. Causality runs operations -> Holocaust not the other way around. Likewise operations -> POW/logistical constraints-> mass starvation. Overarching
After Chartbook #29 I had Afghanistan on my mind. In Chartbook #30 I dig deeper. The story just gets more and more extreme! Check it
“The most painful moment is yet to come” grim reading on Afghanistan this morning. ft.com/content/bc79c3… Pairs well with NEW Chartbook #30 digging deeper into Afghanistan’s
@ConradChristoph @HugoCadenas7 @PhilippHoelzing @SConrad20 @sfb_comparing Hi all, this was a get together of the history and philosophy departments, which in 1980 were being grouped together
@BuddyYakov @irl_neil @policytensor @njtmulder @70sBachchan @STOmarova @vebaccount @HumanityJ Kennedy challenged Carter for Democratic nomination in 1980 on ticket that included gas rationing!
Heart goes out to these people. Terrifying situation. twitter.com/70sBachchan/st…
@HGWDavie @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy @mark4harrison Don’t have any problem with any of the above. A properly complex account would clearly take account of all of this.
RT @M_C_Klein: Fascinating essay on Libya since 2011, featuring, among other things, the unusual role played by the Libyan central bank: h…
"Sabotage, after all, is not incompatible with social distancing." You gotta hand it to Malm. He has a way with words, English words. His 2nd?
@RJ_McReedy Thanks for highlighting this. Didn’t even know! 🙂
Bielefeld in its pomp: 1980 – Koselleck (third from left), Kocka (5th) and Wehler (6th) One for @SConrad20 and @ConradChristoph aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/chronik/new-di… Brings a rousing conclusion
@OberstWKlink @Alan_Allport @MatrixGames_SPA @ForeignPolicy @Airminded Thank you. @Alan_Allport pointed me in the same direction.
RT @LiatSpiro: @anticartelhist @adam_tooze @jamiemartin2 @BundesarchivD @shaun_EconHis But the Bundesarchiv has its industrial trade gems a…
@anticartelhist @LiatSpiro @jamiemartin2 @BundesarchivD @shaun_EconHis Might be richer material in archives of some of the key corporate players in the Maschinenbau space. Hanomag I seem
@anticartelhist @LiatSpiro @jamiemartin2 @BundesarchivD @shaun_EconHis I did go to the VDMA archive ages ago … Frankfurt non? Or no longer? Not much there for what
Chatbook Top Link #7 just dropped. THAT piece by @drezner on @QuincyInst Globalization shifts gear Picasso & the moon landing And a killer photo of
@ADragoons Precisely the questions that the Wehrmacht planners ran through in early 1941!
@JMGinNYC @yayitsrob @JasonBordoff Thank you!
President Bukele of El Salvador wants to drive bitcoin mining with geothermal energy from tapped volcanoes! Are we going to call it the lava standard?
Is Fear of Fiat Real? In a survey by the El Salvador Chamber of Commerce and Industry, more than 90% did not want to be
Macronomic instability: IMF has warned on countries using cryptocurrencies as legal tender, just over a month before El Salvador is set to become the first
GOP sense inflation provides an opening — a chance to label the Biden admin as reckless big spenders and recovery a short-term sugar-high. Strategists say
Do you believe in China’s decarbonization commitment? The markets do. Green ETFs are top performers in China in H1 2021. ft.com/content/80ffb1… https://t.co/TlGp8CPXv1
"When my mother was born, there were fewer than 3bn people in world. When I was born, there were almost 5bn, and when I gave
Thermal runaway: “we don’t have a definitive answer of what is the best way to deal with a lithium battery fire. batteries are essential to
"n 2011, President Obama attempted to accelerate the completion of seven major new transmission lines. Only two were finished. Since 2009, China has built more
Big issue for politics of thinking about energy transition in US is whether WWII should serve as inspiration. 40s commonly invoked. But what WWII actually
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