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Russia-Ukraine: Five Lessons From the 19th-Century Crimean War

Ted Widmer The Guardian
Vladimir Putin likes to talk about the second world war, Russia’s best war, but the closest parallel is probably the Crimean war, which dragged on for two and a half years, from 1853 to 1856, before the exhausted belligerents worked out a peace agreement.

From Resistance to Governing Power in Honduras

Gerardo Torres and Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle Convergence
Matt Ginsberg-Jackle interviews Gerardo Torres about how the Honduran left assembled a broad front following the country’s 2009 coup, built power over 12 years, and then won the presidential election last year.