Articles from the author

More than two decades after achieving statehood in the aftermath of a failed Soviet coup, Ukraine fights a belated war of independence

The diaries of Stalin’s unlikely ambassador to London make intriguing reading

A historian pays tribute to the people who gave the world some of the most elegant and sophisticated ideas on the human condition

Three books on the moments and people who pushed Europe into the catastrophe

When it fell 25 years ago, the bankruptcy of East German communism had long been clear

‘The Third Reich in History and Memory’ is a collection of essays that explores our changing understanding of Hitler’s regime

The nation’s uneasy relationship with its Muslim population and former Maghreb colonies