The 20th century saw the collapse of three major empires, the Habsburg, the Ottoman, and the Soviet empire. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire ushered into the Middle East an era of instability and conflict that endures to this day. The collapse of the Habsburg Empire created the conditions that led to the Second World […]
Author Archives: Alexander Casella
Alexander Casella PhD has taught and worked as a journalist for the likes of Le Monde, The Times, The New York Times, Die Zeit, The Guardian, and Swiss radio and TV, writing primarily on China and Vietnam. In 1973 he joined the UNHCR, serving, among others, as head of the East Asia Section and director for Asia and Oceania. He then served 18 years as representative in Geneva of the International Center for Migration Policy Development.
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Now China asks: Who lost America?
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Covid-19: its place in history
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Goodbye Saigon, goodbye Kabul
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