- Olive Oatman Ann Turner, 3 Quarks Daily
- Don’t let the rise of Europe steal world history Peter Frankopan, Aeon
- Africa’s forgotten empires David Olusoga, New Statesman
- Colonialism: Myths and Realities Brandon Christensen, NOL
Silk Road
Nightcap
- Chinese and Soviets backed South African liberation movements…and apartheid ones, too Martin Plaut, QZ
- The dilemmas of competing with Xi Jinping’s China Peter Mattis, War on the Rocks
- Frankopan’s New Silk Road: A review Francis Sempa, Asian Review of Books
- How the sneaker conquered the world Luke Leitch, 1843
Nightcap
- Israelis versus Jews Jonathan Bronitsky, Claremont Review of Books
- Silk, Slaves, and Stupas Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books
- Erdoğan’s Flights of Fancy Kaya Genç, NY Review of Books
- Why Free Markets are Better than Globalism David Gordon, the Austrian