Stephen F. Williams's book provides an authoritative account of the last important reform undertaken by the tsarist government prior to the Revolution…

Following UK Leader of the House of Commons (and former Foreign Minister and Home Minister) Jack Straw's attack on Islamism and the Muslim "blackout" veil two weeks ago (Melanie Phillips' comments here; contra Straw, from the New Statesman, Ziauddin Sardar, here), and more broadly on the bad, bad policy of multiculturalism, UK polls show wide public support for his view, then this article in the Daily Telegraph by Denis MacShane, former Labour MP and foreign office official (thanks NRO): At long last, the debate on Islamism as politics, not Islam as religion, is out in the open…

Britain's top general is backing away from statements he made about pulling his troops out of Iraq. General Richard Dannat now says he was misquoted when he told a London newspaper that British troops are exacerbating security problems and should be pulled out soon…

Toomas Hendrik Ilves will be sworn in today as Estonia's new president...