Silent Architects of Empire: A Review of Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Early Modern Holy Roman Empire
Women found power even within constraint. They shared not status or fame, but action
October 2025
This month’s recent book recommendations by GlobalEurope editors Nick Ostrum, Hélène B. Ducros, Edina Paleviq, and Oksana Ermolaeva.
The Maroons by Louis Timagène Houat
A milky glow, the gauze of dawn, had begun to appear, vaguely wafting over the edges of the Orient.
Patriotic Education: Fascism, Ruscism, and the Pedagogy of Power, from Rome to Moscow
Throughout modern history, the indoctrination and militarization of young people have proven central to the consolidation of non-democratic regimes, transforming ideology into…
Preparing Ukraine’s Future through Waste Management: An Interview with Sofia Sydorenko
The Russian invasion was made possible because of our very system of production and resource use.












