On a cold December night, the symbol of Russia’s imperial prowess went up in flames. Wikimedia Commons April 16, 2019 In Notre Dame fire, echoes of the 1837 blaze that destroyed Russia’s Winter Palace Paul W. Werth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas After the building that symbolized ‘all that is Russian’ went up in flames, the czar scrambled to restore it to its former glory.
The Russian bear still stalks the world. EPA/Anatoly Maltsev May 30, 2018 Russia’s imperial mindset dates back centuries – and it is here to stay Kevork Oskanian, University of Birmingham Vladimir Putin’s Russia is as much an imperial power as its Soviet and Tsarist predecessors were.
The silence at the end of Rio 2016 will only last until we switch on our televisions for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Reuters/Issei Kato July 27, 2016 All the Olympics are a stage, and all the athletes merely players: the rich history of the modern Games Tim Olds, University of South Australia The Olympic Games are a theatre — sometimes farce, sometimes tragedy, reality TV, morality play or soap opera — where geopolitical, social and technological dramas are played out.