“And black, earth’s blood Promises us, inflating the veins, Destroying all borders, Unprecedented changes, Unprecedented riots…”[1]   Alexander Blok “Retribution”, 1911.     I begin this article with the words of my best-loved Russian poet Alexander Blok, who is comparable in his gift of clairvoyance to the greatest Russian genius Fyodor Dostoevsky. I have long … Читать далее An Age of Wars? Article One