Day 53: Benoît Vermander's stimulating column offers a lot of food for thought. His conclusion: to prevent/contain a double/triple alliance (US, Russia, China) premised on land grabs, Europe's least worst option is to strengthen ties with China and then India, Africa, Latin America and SE Asia. - ThreadSky

wadehistory.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Day 53: Benoît Vermander's stimulating column offers a lot of food for thought. His conclusion: to prevent/contain a double/triple alliance (US, Russia, China) premised on land grabs, Europe's least worst option is to strengthen ties with China and then India, Africa, Latin America and SE Asia.

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wadehistory.bsky.social•8 days ago

Day 54: Chocolate to celebrate the first spring-like day of the year here in Leiden! Not even needing a coat to go for a walk is a novelty I enjoy rediscovering every year.

wadehistory.bsky.social•7 days ago

Day 55: A morning of source work (the letter-books never cease to delight), a casual game of chess over lunch with a friend (in which we both blundered our queens), and an afternoon spent on admin, including finding reviewers for these books that just arrived. Overall, a good start to the week!

wadehistory.bsky.social•5 days ago

Day 57: A longstanding mystery has been resolved through my source work today – albeit the resolution is so dramatic that it's probably going to require its own chapter in the book. No rest for the wicked...

Away from the office, crocuses are starting to appear by the riverside!

wadehistory.bsky.social•4 days ago

Day 58: I've let myself fall out of the habit of reading for pleasure, and I'm determined to rectify that. I finally finished a book this evening that I've had on the go for far too long (assuredly not for lack of interest!). Now the real challenge begins: to pick the next book to read...!

wadehistory.bsky.social•2 days ago

Day 60: Chocolate, to unwind! My brain is a little "loud" right now after a demanding week buried in archival documents. Taking notes with paper and a pen as thoughts come to me is helping. I can already tell the writing process for the book is going to be intense but cathartic.

wadehistory.bsky.social•1 day ago

Day 61: A beautiful moment in Delft today, in solidarity with Ukraine 🇺🇦

andrewpopp.bsky.social•5 days ago

This sounds so exciting ... and satisfying!

wadehistory.bsky.social•5 days ago

Very much so! The sources I've looked at up to now have been mostly from the perspective of Paris/Versailles or Constantinople/Izmir/Aleppo, leaving things in Marseille quite hazy. Finally getting to see things from the perspective of Marseille has been like completing a complex jigsaw puzzle

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