Constantin Ardeleanu details how, with the transportation revolution in the nineteenth century, infectious diseases travelled the world at an accelerated pace.
Mediterranean Surveillance, Imperial Precedents
Erik de Lange on how the Mediterranean Sea has been and still is under steady surveillance. In the past, as now, the main questions are: who is watching? And for which purpose?
What happened to Mr Cutsi?
Ozan Ozavci reconstructs the story behind the first ‘humanitarian’ intervention in the Middle East, which involved the curious 'murder' of the Dutch Consul in Damascus.
The Price of Security
Beatrice de Graaf on the dilemma of paying for peace. With Versailles (1919) as a costly peace treaty and Aachen (1818) as a security-finance trade-off that actually worked
What’s Up in Ottoman Studies? Virginia H. Askan
Askan volunteers a few words about the state-of-the-field of Ottoman Studies.
Changing Definitions of Sovereignty, Seo-Hyun Park
Changing Definitions of Sovereignty in Nineteenth Century East Asia. Park analyses how Westphalian sovereignty was interpreted in Japan and Korea.
A British Meat Cannery in Moldavia, Constantin Ardeleanu
A British Meat Cannery in Moldavia (1844–1852). Ardeleanu details Stephen Goldner's activity in Moldavia during his administration of a meat cannery in Galatz.
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