Communist states in Korea
September 9th 1948 is the official date of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly called North Korea. Before its official...
The Time America and North Korea Joined Forces
Introduction When you think of significant moments of North Korea and United States relations images that probably flash to your mind are images from the...
The Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea
What was the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea? Being based in Cambodia has led us to learn a lot about the carnage that occurred during the...
Psychedelic Socialism: LSD in Czechoslovakia
Before we get to psychedelic socialism, some context. The 1960s were a turbulent and exciting time in pop-culture, most notably in the western world. The...
How to get out of Europe during COVID
The 2020 COVID pandemic has caused most countries around the world to close off their frontiers to tourists. Typically allowing only residents and freight can...
China has a coronavirus vaccine – and it might actually work
A few weeks ago I was on a call to a Chinese friend who informed me that China had a vaccine that would probably be...
What Is Nagorno-Karabakh and Why Are They Fighting Over It?
Introduction As an all-out war seemingly looms between Azerbaijan, backed by Turkey and Armenia, backed by Russia over Nagorno-Karabakh, much the world is asking where...
The Romanov Empire
We here at WWW make no secret of our interest in the post-Soviet world. For the better part of a century, the legacy of the...