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… book readings, and film screenings captured the ideological message of each side, as they showed conflicting “ways of … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … So you see how often these cultural events became actually sites of tension, in which the official representatives of …

… out a specific sequence of rituals at a constellation of sites, recalling activities of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam’s … safety, and how much states should subsidize the ritual—is complicated. In many countries, demand for hajj visas … package tour) in an obvious attempt to cultivate their loyalties toward Moscow and away from Kiev. Launch of the …

… of thousands of books, periodicals, and manuscripts had become fuel for the flames.  Newspapers around the world … of the University of Algiers Library (Comité International pour la Reconstitution de la Bibliothèque Universitaire … the issue of the destruction of cultural and intellectual sites in wartime is by no means resolved.  Recent United …

… dot the landscape and stand beside opera houses and statues commemorating prominent figures of German cultural heritage. … not shy away from engaging with it on a critical level. The complicated and controversial history of the 20 th century permeates the landscape of the German capital. A message of peace found at Berlin's East Side Gallery. Small …

… be starting from scratch; the effort to craft a coherent message about American aims and actions has faltered since … World War I, President Woodrow Wilson established the Committee on Public Information, led by journalist George Creel, to craft and communicate America’s message. But the nation’s first …

… 1896, participants from 14 countries converged on Athens to compete in a festival that was simultaneously ancient and … impression of ancient Olympia, where the ancient Olympic games were held beginning in 776 BCE. Billed as the first … archaeological excavations revealing the Games’ original site at Olympia on Greece’s west coast only strengthened …

… farther in the past, faced a situation closer to today’s mess: forgotten Martin Van Buren. When Martin Van Buren … our mess won’t solve our own. The causes of any panic are complex. Who we choose to blame determines the solutions we … had deregulated the American banking system. Offering easy credit without central regulation, hundreds of new banks …

… interaction between traditional imperial motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … in the Third World. In my opinion, Zubok gives far too much credit to Brezhnev for the reduction of tensions between …

… became the top trending hashtag on Twitter after the combination of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather … a predictable fire in a church that is a World Heritage Site and wants to teach us what exactly?” The Bolsonaro … Poorly compensated, they were usually paid in goods or credit rather than cash and became indebted to rubber …

… industry representatives, but many environmentalists have come to see nuclear power as key to end world dependence on … radioisotopes that fill the environment.  By 2017, 46 NPP sites had leaks or spills that involved radioactive tritium … released for every ton of cement, and the average reactor pour is 150,000 tons, that’s 180 million tons of CO2 …

… New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… showing Livingstonia as well as the previous settlement sites of Dr. Robert Laws. Laws and his disciples originally … to drive. During the rainy season, the road's stones become very slippery, making transportation difficult. The … hydrological feature known as “holy water:” water comes up from a small hole in the ground and runs for two or …

… mountain views, Oaxaca City also offers vistas of Mexico's complex history. In 1521, Hernán Cortés sent Captain José … dialects spoken on its streets. Many of  Oaxaca  City’s homes are adorned with ornate street art. The state of  Oaxaca … made it one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica. ( Photo Credit: Wikimedia). Oaxaca City is the state capital of the …

… on St. Patrick's Day there lies a larger and deeper message of American inclusion and tolerance.  Far from … pluralist implication of the St. Patrick's Day parades becomes more apparent as we look at the events held in cities … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we have come.   So when this weekend's St. Patrick's Day parades pay …

… disoriented and inert, unable to imagine how to act. Sometimes the universe acts so powerfully that no human response … No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike … indigenous group that resides in central Siberia. The site of the Tunguska explosion in the late 1920s. As Akulina …

… the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City to Acoma Sky City in New Mexico. NTHP activists are gathering in … current efforts aimed at protecting the Apollo 11 landing site and 106 pieces of equipment left at Tranquility Base on the lunar surface. Enshrining the site where mankind first set foot on the moon goes to the …

… between present-day immigration and the flood of newcomers who came in the past. ProjectUSA’s website is emphatic on this point. Making this distinction is … cast their attacks on Irish Catholics as civic duty. Loyalty to the Pope in Rome, they argued, rendered those …

… some political pundits conclude, negotiations cannot overcome divine principles dictating distinct worldviews that … Sunni minority. Religious and Ethnic groups in Iraq. Many posited that Prime Minister al-Maliki's resignation in … in its Iraqi provinces were Sunni Arabs who had proven loyal to the Ottomans in the 19 th and early 20 th …

… prisoners, the Valley of the Fallen is a mass burial site that was designed to commemorate the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) as a … on July 21, 1936. In response to the attempted coup, loyalist forces and popular militias rose up to defend the …

… flowers to be sacrificed on the altar of profit - we are flames, committed to conquering darkness, and we will continue the … poisoning, discovering severe contamination of the factory site, surrounding land and groundwater. Levels of mercury in …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … with advisors, reassuring people, often visiting the site of the disaster or a relief center—usually wearing a … Iucundus, Pompeii. Even Nero’s detractors had to give him credit for his response to this disaster. The only modern …

… may instead prove to be a stumbling block. To their credit, the Saudis persuaded 21 other Arab states to agree … opportunity to attack Israel and destroy Jewish religious sites. For 19 years after Israel became a state in 1948 the … flaw in the Saudi proposal. No political or territorial compromise on the part of Israel, including diplomatic …

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the … Qaddafi was no garden-variety autocrat. Armed with a messianic vision and his revolutionary Green Book , Libya's … the president to act. The Maine 's explosion is rightly credited with rousing mass sentiment for war. However, elite …