Lately, European-trained historians with iconoclastic views such as myself have found themselves ostracised from academia and even from some blogging platforms dedicated to international affairs.
For more than twelve years, I expressed my views in “Spotlight on Geopolitics”, hosted by Blogactiv (Euractiv) in Brussels, reaching a regular readership from more than 50 countries. In 2021 a decision was taken to de-activate the entire blogging platform practically overnight. Some of our posts must have displeased a few Eurocrats and their sponsors. Trying to expose the folly of policies adopted by governments, policies which sometimes met with disastrous consequences, suddenly became very hazardous.
This happens because today’s breed of politicians like to receive feedback from people who agree with them. The role of the historian - that of speaking truth to power - has thus been largely, if not entirely, compromised.
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The materials I will post in Florian’s Memo are going to be well-documented, full of insightful interpretations, clear and concise. My research skills and professional knowledge go back four decades. I am now at a stage in my life where I wish to share the fruits of my labor with a reading public who appreciates intellectual honesty, depth of understanding and a commitment to get to the bottom of it all.
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