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Introduction: Vladimir Putin or the "art" of rewriting History

Reading list

Russia & Ukraine

Is Russia European?

Perceptions & Realities: Russia and its "near abroad"

Russia in the Middle East

China & Russia

Political propaganda in the digital era

Russia & Africa

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10-11 November 1630: the "Day of the Dupes"

10 March 1661: The Day the "Sun King" announced he would rule alone

6 October 1789: the storming of Versailles

14 September 1911: the assassination of Peter Stolypin

15 April 1912: the sinking of Titanic
28 June 1914: the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

24 May 1940: Hitler's order to stop before Dunkirk

Financial crises

The Soviet Union: how an empire implodes

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Introduction: Vladimir Putin or the "art" of rewriting History

Reading list

Russia & Ukraine

Is Russia European?

Perceptions & Realities: Russia and its "near abroad"

Russia in the Middle East

China & Russia

Political propaganda in the digital era

Russia & Africa

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10-11 November 1630: the "Day of the Dupes"

10 March 1661: The Day the "Sun King" announced he would rule alone

6 October 1789: the storming of Versailles

14 September 1911: the assassination of Peter Stolypin

15 April 1912: the sinking of Titanic
28 June 1914: the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

24 May 1940: Hitler's order to stop before Dunkirk

Financial crises

The Soviet Union: how an empire implodes

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Great Enigmas in History

Alesia: the improbable battle (52 BC)

The Affair of the Poisons and the Iron Mask

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace

The mysterious disappearance of Sir Benjamin Bathurst

The mystery of Lake Starnberg

The assassination of JFK

Who wanted to kill John Paul II?

Ian Fleming - The Darlan Enigma

De Gaulle's disappearance

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History and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region

Introduction: History & Concept

Maritime insecurity & instability: China's shadow

India: between Indo-Pacific and "New Silk Roads"

Russia, Ukraine and the far-reaching impacts on the Indo-Pacific region

China, India, Japan and the Russian invasion of Ukraine

China: the Thucydides' trap?

China, India: time to decide...

A lesson in global geopolitics

More about the Russia-China strategic relationship

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Eight Days That Made History

Caesar crossing the Rubicon

The Battle of Hastings

Christopher Columbus 1492

Varennes: 22 June 1791

Austerlitz: 2 December 1805

11 November 1918: the end of the Great War

4 June 1944": Ike's longest day

11 September 2001

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The kremlin's Secrets: From Rasputin to Putin

Rasputin must be killed

From the October Revolution to the "House of Special Purpose"

Hitler-Stalin: the Unthinkable Alliance

Katyn (1940) - The lie of the century

The two deaths of Stalin (1953-1956)

The Affairs that shattered the image of the Soviet Union

The ousting of "Mr. K" (1964) & the final coup (1991)

Vladimir Putin: where does he come from?

Marie-Antoinette: public & private lives

Marie-Antoinette: a pawn on the European diplomatic chessboard

The Petit Trianon: Marie-Antoinette's enchanted kingdom

Marie-Antoinette: fashion icon and patron of the Arts

Marie-Antoinette and her circle of friends

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace

Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution (1787-1791)

Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution (1791-1793)

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The Bourbon Restoration or how to end the Revolution (1814-1830)

Louis-Philippe: "We are the last possible kings"

France and its providential men: from Napoleon to de Gaulle

1870: the terrible year

Republic or Monarchy?

The Great Illusion (1914-1920)

1940: Was France's defeat inevitable?

The "Yellow Vests": the French democracy in crisis

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Introduction: the conquest of Ireland

An imperfect union

The Great Irish Migration

The Easter Monday Rising

1922-1998: a century of tensions

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement

Brexit and Ireland

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The birth of a dynasty

Peter the Great: the all powerful reformer?

Catherine the Great

Alexander I

Autocracy: the impossible reform

St Petersburg

Nicolas II

Napoleon: the birth of a new dynasty

Napoleon and his family: the triumph of nepotism

Napoleon II: the new "caesar" who never reigned

Napoleon III and the Second Empire

From triumph to defeat - The collapse of the Second Empire

"Charlie", Marie & Louis Bonaparte

The "Valley of the Kings" - The Italian model

The gardens of the French Renaissance

Architectural jewels of the Val de Loire

The Val de Loire: from the 17th century to the First Empire

The Val de Loire in the 20th century

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Korea: an Asian crossroads

Korea under Japanese rule (1905-1945)

The Korean War

The Korean Cold War (1953-2019)

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Paris: the making of an exceptional city

Paris: the capital of France

Paris: royal residences

Paris and the French Revolution

The barricades 1588-1968

The Second Empire and the transformations of Paris (1853-1870)

Paris, capital of fashion

Paris between lights & shadows

The Bastille: mysteries & secrets of a State prison

Bastille Day

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