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Tag: Cardinal Richelieu

Posted inEssay

Cardinal Richelieu foresees Russia’s victory in Ukraine

by Spengler May 28, 2022June 1, 2022

NEW YORK – The custom-built Oculus headset delivered to my door by a hooded monk seemed to malfunction. The palace on the Place de Vosges appeared once again in the Metaverse but in black and white rather than bright cartoon colors, with less furniture and fewer objects d’art, with drab walls unadorned by the paintings […]

Posted inEssay

Richelieu’s ghost almost solves America’s problems

by Spengler February 4, 2022February 7, 2022
Posted inMiddle East, United States, World

Ghost of Cardinal Richelieu explains world to America

by Spengler September 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Cardinal Richelieu's abode, beneath the streets of Paris. Photo: AFP/Gilles Targat
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Cardinal Richelieu’s ghost returns

by Spengler January 10, 2019January 10, 2019
Posted inAT+

Conjuring the ghost of Richelieu

by Spengler February 28, 2012September 4, 2020
Posted inAT+

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by Spengler February 11, 2003August 24, 2020

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