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Lessons from History

How Putin is Retreading Mussolini’s Path

What Italy’s experience in the First and Second World Wars can tell us about Russia and its invasion of Ukraine today.

11 min readMay 2, 2022

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A defaced portrait of Mussolini hangs from a tree near Messina following the liberation of Sicily in August 1943 / A defaced portrait of Mussolini at a protest in Santa Monica, California, in February 2022.

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Fanfare

Why the Prequel’s Politics are the Most Underrated Part of Star Wars

Why the prequel trilogy’s politics is an essential feature of Star Wars

6 min readMay 4, 2024

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Why the Prequel’s Politics are the Most Underrated Part of Star Wars

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Books Are Our Superpower

My 2023 Book List: Voyages through Mexico, Poland, and Soviet Russia

Using books as travel companions on trips through the past and present of many fascinating — and at times unnerving — places.

9 min readJan 10, 2024

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Composite of the covers of some of the books I read in 2023.

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Lessons from History

Oppenheimer: A Mushroom-Cloud Rorschach Test

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer invites you to make your own interpretation of the creation of atomic weapons.

4 min readSep 11, 2023

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The Trinity atomic bomb test in July 1945, showing a mushroom cloud explosion. Screen grab from a National WWII Museum video.

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Books Are Our Superpower

My 2022 Book List: A Year Full of Historical and Personal Reflections

Thought-provoking and provocatively titled books on how people and societies remember and forget are at the heart of this year’s list.

8 min readJan 3, 2023

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Covers of some of the books I read this year.

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The Envoy

How Urban Tech Can Help the Climate Mobilization

Experts and practitioners converged on NYC to explore how tackle climate change through urban tech.

5 min readNov 11, 2022

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A composite image of the conference speakers and audience

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Books Are Our Superpower

My 2021 Book List: New Records, More Thoughtfulness

Though I never read more books than I did this year — 54 — this was also a time to be more mindful of the authors I select.

8 min readJan 13, 2022

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Covers of several books

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The Envoy

My 2020 book list: Reading in a time of pandemic

The effects of COVID-19 on my reading experience and 10 great books (non-fiction, memoir, and fiction) you should read.

5 min readJan 13, 2021

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Covers of books recommended in this article

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The Envoy

Racism at Home, Racism Abroad: “Caste” and “How to Hide an Empire” Book Review

Isabel Wilkerson and Daniel Immerwahr offer new paradigms to explain the history and present of U.S. racism and colonialism

11 min readDec 22, 2020

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Protester with a sign saying “Puerto Rico stands with Black Lives Matter”

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HR&A Advisors

Fighting the New-Business Deficit in the Time of Coronavirus

Why Crisis Recovery Requires Strong Business Creation

4 min readApr 21, 2020

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An “open” sign on a shop’s door

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Giacomo Bagarella

Giacomo Bagarella

Passionate about policy, technology, and international affairs. Harvard, LSE, and LKY School of Public Policy grad. All views my own.

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