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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
Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.
These Machines Know Too Damn Much
The Benin Bronzes in the African Gallery at the British Museum.
LOOT: Colonial Collections and African Restitution Debates
Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul in August, 2021.
Who are the Taliban?
Motorcycles lined up on Main St. in Sturgis, South Dakota, 2014.
“Is the rally really worth it?” The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and the Costs of Neoliberalism
A 1991 cartoon from Edmund S. Valtman.
The Soviet Collapse
Kismet is a robot that can produce a range of human facial expressions.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd
Letay Girmay, a resident of Hawzen.
The Ethiopian Civil War in Tigray
Two pictures of Tom Torlino, a member of the Navajo Nation.
Erasing Indigenous History, Then and Now
A protestor in London holds a sign with an excerpt from the poem 'The New Colossus.'
Yearning to Breathe Free: The American Immigration Story