Political

John Matusiak pricks the imperial pretension of the monarch who came to the throne 500 years ago

Chris Corin exposes the huge apparatus created by Tsarist Russia to combat the threat of revolution.

Robert Pearce examines the career of Mussolini’s forerunner.

Mark Rathbone analyses the continuing influence of the Munich conference on post-war events.

Andrew Boxer traces the assimilation policies, indigenous rights, and the changing relationship between the US government and Native Americans.

R. E. Foster examines the reputation and political stature of a three-times prime minister.

Disillusionment with Iran’s secular king brought the Islamists to power in 1979. Will the population now oust the ruling theocracy, asks Baqer Moin?

Catherine Merridale examines competing versions of Russia's troubled past in the light of present politics.

Richard Overy examines recent analyses of how Europe became embroiled in major conflict just two decades after the trauma of the Great War and we look at events and broadcasts commemorating September 1939. 

With the trial of the former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic due to begin, Nick Hawton reflects on his time reporting in a region where history is still used to justify war.