Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) During the Napoleonic Wars, the Anglo-Russian War (2 September 1807– 18 July 1812) was the phase of hostilities between the United Kingdom and Russia after the latter signed the Treaty of Tilsit that ended its war with France. Anglo-Russian hostilities were limited primarily to minor naval actions in the Baltic and Barents Seas. After Napoleon I defeated the Russians at the Battle of Friedland (14 June 1807), Tsar Alexander I of Russia signed a peace treaty, known as the Treaty of Tilsit. Although the treaty was quite unpopular within the Russian court, Russia had no alternative as
Political midlife crisis Mendelson, from their 2008 perspective, anticipated that the traumas of the George W. Bush presidency would "season [the Unitied States] with new strength, wisdom and maturity", enabling it to move forward from this political midlife crisis. The European debt crisis (2009–present) has been called the European Union's midlife crisis in articles by Gideon Rachman, Roland Benedikter, and Natalie Nougayrede. Arguably Brexit and the ongoing migrant crisis are further symptoms of an ongoing European midlife crisis. Leo Tolstoy, in "War and Peace", asks about the 1812 French invasion of Russia: "What is the cause of this movement which took the French