#Foreign

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Why was Margaret Thatcher so afraid of German reunification? Why did a lifelong anti-Communist turn to the Soviet Union for support? And what lessons might be learned for Brexit Britain?

Nadeem | Eran ud Turan

eranudturan

The Sogdians are famously known as traders across the “#SilkRoad,” so you’d expect a ton of foreign goods in their material culture, right?WRONG One of the most common imported good

Joy-Ann 😷Reid

JoyAnnReid

Remarkable info coming out of this presser: Gov. Tim Walls, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and now MN attorney general Keith Ellison ALL alleging outside

Ammar Kazmi 🇧🇴🇨🇱

AmmarKazmi_

Thread: my view of the Uyghur Muslim situation in China. What I say won’t fully please anyone.I say all of this sincerely as a Muslim, as an anti-imperialist, and as

#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia

wmnjoya

The curious history of TVET in Kenya. A thread.You have to go way way back to the end of feudalism and beginning of capitalism in Europe.The way to get workers

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

1. We don't know how sick the president is2. There are clear protocols for both someone with the disease & for how the WH should function if he is incapacitated3.

Emma Graney 🇦🇺🤷🏻‍♀️🇨🇦

EmmaLGraney

Alberta's economic recovery plan being released right now. Finance Minister Toews says the energy sector was improving before the whole pandemic thing, as was ag. #ableg But any improvements coming

Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷

joshuawongcf

[@joshuawongcf & @KwongGlacier in @washingtonpost: This is the final nail in the coffin for HK’s autonomy]https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/24/this-is-final-nail-coffin-hong-kongs-autonomy/1/ Beijing has just hammered th

Clio's Chronicles

CliosChronicles

Warrior king of the Satavahana Dynasty. It was during the first half of the 2nd century A.D. that the Satavahana power once again rose into eminence in the South. The

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

Let me collectively subtweet the predictors and their scrum over forecasting uncertainty. I only have the ability to understand such things intuitively and not in any sense of putting formulas

Showri Mawa

nishith006

Animal Farm Thread:Farm:So before the rebellion everyone was not quite happy and also they were just living for the sake of living expecting his owner would give them a day

Kirsty McNeill

kirstyjmcneill

A thread for everybody interested in whether @BorisJohnson and @RishiSunak are intent on breaking a manifesto promise from the @Conservatives to both the country and some of the poorest people

Haley Riddle

haleyrid

I feel like I should start a thread of things that people tell me while working in the medical field. Let’s start with today: “my daughter has worms because I

Dr. Guendouzi ( The Cerebral Assassin )

fimiletoks

Asides from the fact that we need to govern ourselves and manage our resources better in Africa, we cannot compete with the British or Americans in terms of resources. The

John Bye

_johnbye

Here we go again. The government has changed its story about the EU procurement scheme repeatedly over the last few weeks. Here are all the twists and turns... March 19:

Gigi Sims

1GigiSims

Thread: In 2016, many Americans were called to a higher cause, which inevitably led them to serving a mvmt of American patriots who’d long since come to a critical realization,