In the late eighteenth century, Catherine the Great planned a tour of Crimea, which her court favorite, Count Grigory Potemkin, had conquered a few years earlier. But while Potemkin had managed to seize the agriculturally rich peninsula from the Ottoman Empire, he had failed to achieve the promised colonization. To save face, Potemkin ordered the […]
When leaders insist that enemies lurk everywhere, intolerance, and aggression grow
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