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Making Sense of the 'Hermit Kingdom': North Korea in the Nuclear Age

… significant opposition, the Bush administration quickly complied with the terror-list demand (in return for certain … recommended caloric intake and families tried to survive on diets of weeds, roots, and bark. "Today," began one official … not even imagine being disloyal to Kim Il-sung. When he died I was sad much as when my father died." Evidence …
Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Deng Xiaoping during the state dinner for the Vice Premier of China

The Nixon-Deng Comparison

… Whenever a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure … their reputations and how they will be remembered. Had they died thirty years earlier, each would probably have been … The Nixon-Deng Comparison …
Artifact from Benin

Who Owns the Past? Museums and Cultural Heritage Repatriation

… In November 2018, a report commissioned by French President Emannuel Macron called for … of Native American remains by American museums to the complicated provenance of Greek and Roman antiquities held … speak with two experts in material culture and museum studies — Professor Sarah Van Beurden and Origins editor Steven …
Turkish soldiers standing over skeletal remains during Armenian Genocide

Armenians, Turks, and the Genocide Question

… April 24, 2015 marks the commemoration of the 100 th anniversary of the Armenian … The result was the physical annihilation of the Armenian communities that had lived in the Anatolian peninsula for … of the legal and historical label “genocide,” and why coming to terms with mass atrocities is so difficult today. …

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: America's Love Affair with the Two-Party System

… The left side of the American political-entertainment complex has passed the time since the 2012 election watching … After the war, which most Federalists opposed, the party died out. Historians sometimes describe the national … 1828 campaign began more or less immediately, and Jackson’s easy triumph began a re-organization of American politics …

The Politics of International Adoption

… five years old – most of them in developing countries – die each year from violence, malnutrition or disease. Ten million is hard to comprehend. Nor is it any easier if we break it down: thirty … toll of children's lives equals ten times the number who died in the World Trade Towers, and each week matches the …
View of the Solovetskii Monastery.

A Postcard from Solovki

… stand at the bow of the ferry as the water of the White Sea comes in wave after wave through the hole in the gunwale for … could not be more perfect—sun, light winds, calm seas, easy sailing across a Sea known for its nausea-inducing … and the cold climate would test their spirits and their bodies each day. A Diverse Landscape: The forest on Solovki …

Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again

… prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities … get sick each year with some form of flu, some of them will die—but only every so often does a pandemic occur. While it … In 2009, approximately, 8,000-16,000 Americans have died, and perhaps 60 million Americans have been sickened. …
Pro-Choice demonstrators holding signs saying "Support Legal Abortion"

The Politics of Abortion in Europe and America

… associate editor Patrick Potyondy. Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to Writers Talk History, a partnership between the … because there have been a number of women who have died because they were not able to get access to legal … State University. And I encourage you to go look at that website to find out many great articles about history, …
Painting of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Memories of the Great War

… bring us first-hand stories of how the Great War is being commemorated across the globe. Brenna Miller joined us from … and Belgrade and Keshia Lai as she reports on the less studied war memorials in Singapore.   Patrick Potyondy   So … our music. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
European Union flag

The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … diplomacy and European affairs for the International Studies Department here at OSU. Chris Otter   I'm Chris Otter, … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
Ration distribution point.

The Other War in Pakistan

… maybe it looked so from those on the ground.   It was no easy task to stockpile and preposition food for this emergency, all the while combating the Nazi war machine. None of the allies’ heroics …   The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, says a tragedy is unfolding. He called for other …
Portrait of Thomas Paine from 1792.

Paine’s Counsel for a New Time that Tries Men’s Souls

… huge bestsellers. We celebrate the Founders’ audacity and commitment, marvel at their battlefield heroics, literary … taxes for the rich and welfare provisions for the neediest, we have allowed our material inequalities to … that spirit — as well as to honor the Founders, those who died on 9-11, and in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, and on …

A Century of HIV

… human immune systems, HIV has also allowed tuberculosis to come thundering back as a global health threat and has … ethical framework for patient participation in research studies. The virus has also spurred scientists to create a … Republic of the Congo in 1960 ( left ). Portuguese soldiers in Angola during the War of Liberation between …
Inside the National Veteran's Museum and Memorial - The NVMM's exhibits chronicle the stages of a veteran's experience.

The National Veterans Museum and Memorial

… and architect seem to have forgotten their potential audience. Inside, the museum distinguishes itself from a … experience. Chosen with the help of a veterans advisory committee from a pool of 250 potential candidates, the 25 … culture. To plan a visit, start with the museum’s excellent website . The entrance to the National Veterans Museum and …

Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration

… Project ]. Canada’s Houses of Parliament (its House of Commons and the Senate chambers) sit on the unceded … even before treaties were signed, suggesting that expediency and opportunity trumped genuine regard for Indigenous … for 2018. Indeed, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s website “ Beyond 94 ” that tracks which of the …

America's "Big Brother": A Century of U.S. Domestic Surveillance

… by any other intelligence agency,” especially as telecommunication technology advances. Perhaps surprisingly, … It was made instead in the 1970s by the Senate’s Church Committee when it held hearings on the activities of the … unofficially called 215, collected metadata from U.S. telecommunications companies, revealing the date, time, …
Aerial view of Hiroshima before the bombing

Bombing Hiroshima

… perish in the conflagration that consumed the city, or die from the radiation that fell darkly to the earth in a … its efforts to build atomic bombs after a series of shortcomings and failures convinced its government to focus on a … though he was predominantly focused on American lives. His commanders predicted upwards of half a million American …
Cover of Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend by Richard Stoneman.

Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend

Review of Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend, by Richard Stoneman (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2008)
… birth narrative takes a markedly different approach. It comes to us via Firdausi's Shahnameh (Book of Kings), … mystery, gold, and enchantment. Later ancient and medieval romantic depictions of the East would be based on … not to be his, since he is merely a mortal man, doomed to die despite all his worldly power. The book concludes with a …
President of the United States Ronald Reagan in a briefing with National Security Council staff on the Libya bombing on 15 April 1986.

The National Insecurity State

… expands our list of enemies and defines any potential competitor as a mortal threat. The national insecurity state … insecurity. Though the Cold War is long over, it is still easy to feel that we are in an endless “age of peril.” In … is enough. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …