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Olympic Broadcasting Services covering the men's 10 kilometre marathon swim at the 2012 Olympic Games.
The Big Game on the Small Screen: The Televised Transformation of Sport
Government of National Unity in 2009. Left to right: Arthur Mutambara, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Thabo Mbeki.
A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule
Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia, 1819.
The United States: Democracy or Republic?
The Norwegians Land in Iceland 872 by Oscar Wergeland (1877).
Why We Love the Vikings
A displaced woman sits on a bed next to the remnants of her burnt house in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, 2014. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID
Sahelian Arabs and their Role in the Sudan War
Bird's-eye view of the 1993 border blockade enacted by CBP Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas as part of Operation Hold the Line.
Fortifying the U.S.-Mexico Boundary: The 1993 “Hold the Line” Experiment
Bird's-eye view of the 1993 border blockade enacted by CBP Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas as part of Operation Hold the Line.
Fortificación de la frontera entre EEUU y México: el experimento “Hold the Line” de 1993
An MP looking north from South Korea in the Demilitarized Zone, 2008.
The War That Never Ended: The Legacy of the Korean War
Taiwanese flags on display for National Day, 2018.
The Taiwan Strait Conflict
Billboard of Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan, 2015.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Democratization Shell Game
Moskvitch 3 vehicles roll off the assembly line at JSC Moscow Automobile Plant Moskvitch, 2022.
Sanctions on Russia: Impact and Efficacy
Plate of enchiladas at a Mexican restaurant.
Mexican Food in the United States
A pro-union demonstration in Romania, 2009. The flag translates to "Moldova Our Sister"
Moldova and Romania: A Long and Complicated Relationship
 SPLM rally in Southern Sudan, 2010. (Image by U.S. Institute of Peace)
Tribal Militias in Sudan
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag by Yevgeny Khaldei (1945).
The Living Ghosts of the Second World War and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In Mauritania, Aissata Abdoul Diop shows how the maize ears have dried in the drought stricken garden, 2012. 
Hunger Is Not Eradicated: The Food Crisis in Africa
NCAA Basketball championship banners.
The Big Business of “Amateur” Intercollegiate Sports
The new Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, which opened in February 2023, was built to detain thousands suspected gang members.
Marching Back to the Past: Militarism in El Salvador
The Sofia Monument to the Soviet Army painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag din support of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution.
World War II in Eastern Europe: Many Lands, Many Memories
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington D.C. (Image by Eric E Johnson)
Originalism’s Historical Problems: The Supreme Court’s Embrace of a Controversial Theory
The National Crest of Transnistria.
Transnistria: The History Behind the Russian-backed Region
Secretary of State John Kerry continued his meetings in Lausanne with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif. Under Secretary Wendy Sherman and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz are participating in the meetings.
Iran’s Nuclear Diplomacy
members of the red cross during the 1918 flu pandemic
What Came Next?: Reflections on the Aftermath(s) of the 1918–19 Flu Pandemic in the Age of COVID
A Uyghur hunter in Kashgar, 2005.
Xinjiang: From Autonomy to Dystopia