Virginia H. Aksan and Ozan Ozavci sit down to record the very first podcast episode on Ottoman military history.
The Glancing Eye: Introducing the SHN
Erik de Lange introduces the Security History Network and explains the reason behind the design of the logo.
Dangerous Gifts by Ozan Ozavci
Ozan Ozavci offers the first genealogical analysis of western interventionism in the Levant whilst freeing the Eastern Question from the monopoly of Great Power politics
Vom Nachkrieg zum Vorkrieg by Thomas Weber
This collection of studies examines the quest for a new European order and the interconnections between domestic and foreign policy during the 1920s and 1930s. It collates different national perspectives in a single volume and asks searching questions about the consequences of the decisions made during the period under examination.
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.
Becoming Hitler by Thomas Weber
Thomas Weber examines Adolf Hitler’s time in Munich between 1918 and 1926, the years when Hitler shed his awkward, feckless persona and transformed himself into a savvy opportunistic political operator who saw himself as Germany’s messiah.
The Ottoman Absence from the Battlefields of the Seven Years’ War by Virginia H. Aksan
This essay proposes several explanations for the Ottoman absence from the European battlefields, which include diplomatic neutrality, lack of military preparedness, and loss of control over provincial finances.
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