European indecisiveness in the face of a “predatory American republic” - a problem that already existed 200 years ago. 👑🦅🇲🇽 Read my review of Raymond Jonas’ latest book on @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social and embrace the eternal timeliness of Habsburg history. 🖤💛 #habsburg #geopolitics #mexico

Today marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which formally ended the Mexican-American War. "The anniversary is also significant because the treaty was negotiated by a U.S. diplomat in direct defiance of the president of the US," writes expert James Lindsay.

Had the pleasure to review Oskar J. Rojewski's "Painter to the Queen" in the Journal of Baltic Studies @balticstudies.bsky.social. An exquisite work of Art & Court History taking the reader on a fascinating adventure across princely courts circa 1500. Have a read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Saint? 😇 Road-rage killer? 🗡️ Patriot? 🦸🏻‍♂️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read my take on the adventurous life of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun on @engelsbergideas.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the editors! 🙏

Joseph Smith commanded men in morality, history and religion, drawing thousands of followers to his church, but a lack of strategic insight doomed the Mormon militias that fought for him. When the Mormons had a military | Katherine Bayford engelsbergideas.com/essays/when-...

A special issue that I edited on "Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men" (2025) by Patricia Owens has gone to production – I look forward to seeing the collection published @global-ih.bsky.social! It includes five review articles and a reply article by @whitproject.bsky.social

Grateful to see my article on Narcís Feliu de la Penya and the strategies he employed to convey his vision for a prosperous #Catalonia in the 1680s published in the Journal of Applied History @degruyterbrill.bsky.social It’s open access too!