One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and kingdoms of Classical Greece... All the more reason to create a video about it ...

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For the past 20 years, writer Dmitry Glukhovsky has observed Vladimir Putin's Russia from extremes of proximity and distance.

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NPR's Michel Martin asks former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul how the U.S. might advance a new peace plan for Ukraine with Moscow.

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