bout de papier, Volume 7, Issue No. 1, 1989
Diplomacy and Globalization — In Antiquity and the Dark Ages
•diplomacy. Assuming the system does not crash, we can communicate instantly by phone or e-mail, anywhere on the planet. Modern airliners can physically deliver you (if not your luggage) to virtually any destination within 24 hours, barring wars, French air-traffic controllers or…
A visit to the ’stans of Central Asia
For many centuries Centrat Asia constituted the heart of the “Silk Road”, the most important path of commerce linking Asia with Europe.
On the Steppes of Central Asia
“Ah, might I have a word with you, Liebnitz?” came the hesitant voice of Dryan Tweedie, the Centre’s archivist. He stood in the doorway of the office where ace logician LDC Liebnitz was staring morosely at a table on which were placed…
