Picture this: Khagan of theGokturks. 1,500-year-old gold buckles depicting ruler 'majestically sitting on a throne' discovered in Kazakhstan By Tom Metcalfe published about 19 hours ago The ornaments contain the earliest known depiction of a Göktürk "khagan," who probably lived in the sixth...

This story is so complex and involves so many strange issues that I'm at a loss as to where to put it. Insofar as it involves historical events among adversarial parties and a recent proposal for a deal entangled in those events and the tensions they generated, I'm tempted to place it under...