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… still exist in the Middle East. Israel has nuclear weapons, and its rival Iran is suspected of developing them. Other … may resort to nuclear weapons as a response to Israel's and Iran's possession of them. The Middle East can avoid the … Power & Weapons … Global/Transnational … Soviet Union … South & Central America … A Model for a Nuclear-Free Middle …

… Defeating the Taliban and al-Qaida is only one part of the struggle to build peace … to win Pakistanis over to the side of the United States and away from the Taliban and al-Qaida. Aiding the refugees … … William Lambers … History News Service … Pakistan … South Asia … Food & Agriculture … Diplomacy/International …

… China is on everybody’s mind . Its economic growth and military expansion have caused concern not just in the … the rise of China through its institutions, both formal and informal. Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi … Press, 2019) … Connor Gahre … Reviews … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Colonialism/Imperialism … …

… by demonstrators. None of them have been more strident and belligerent than those advocating Tibetan independence.  … the deification of the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, and Hollywood’s successful romanticization of Tibet. They … Service … Diplomacy/International Relations … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … United States … Civil/Human Rights …

… capital of Manila lay in ruins, caught between the American and Japanese war machines of World War II . A postwar investigation concluded that only Warsaw, Poland , saw a higher level of devastation. Seventy years … … Gregory Kupsky … Milestones … Philippines … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Pacific … Military/War/Peace … …

… thing. It helps place a contemporary problem in a new light and can even aid the construction of sensible public … Misconceived or misapplied analogies, on the other hand, are a very different matter. Unfortunately, bad … Jeffery N. Wasserstrom … History News Service … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Civil/Human Rights … …

… the Civil War, people in Latin America, Western Europe, and even the faraway Hawaiian kingdom were convinced that … operated in underground cells, used secret codes and wreaked havoc. They attacked Canada, Mexico, Cuba, … E. May … History News Service … Global/Transnational … South & Central America … Nicaragua … Terrorism … Middle …

… revolving around the Vietnam War in the United States and Vietnam during the period and post-war. This lesson ties into the standard and article … … Military/War/Peace … Vietnam War … Vietnam … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Education … World History since 1500 … US …

… having led a coalition to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan and now aiming at Iraq, the president might learn what to do with those countries by taking a break from big books and watching a funny movie. Not any funny movie, but “The … University. … Andrew M. Schocket … History News Service … South Asia … Afghanistan … Film/Television … …

… Yorker’ Writer’s Take On China's ‘Age Of Ambition’ ” (text and audio, 32 min.) From CBC, “ Tiananmen Square: Author Yiyun Li's story ” (text and audio, 53 min.) BBC’s Witness program, “ The Tiananmen … historical documents) … Connecting History … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Democracy/Elections/Voting Rights … …

… production by Katherine Weiss, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger. … George Foreman’s 1974 heavyweight title … turning point in the careers of both men. … Marc Horger … Africa … Sports … Black Lives in American History … …

… Normal Trade Relations with the People's Republic of China and Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's recent visit to New York … of a familiar United States-China two-step. Pundits and politicians once again denounced the Beijing regime's … Jeffery N. Wasserstrom … History News Service … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Religion … Diplomacy/International …

… el presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, y el comandante supremo de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de … plebiscita nacional. Las FARC es el grupo guerrillero más grande en Colombia, y es uno de los grupos en todo el mundo … de bacrim, queda por verse. … Steven L. Taylor … Features … South & Central America … Colombia … Military/War/Peace … …

… remarked on the large numbers of highly educated young men and women who are thoroughly frustrated by the gap between the education they have attained and the jobs they have found. In one New York Times story, a … of Jerusalem. … Guy Laron … History News Service … Africa … Middle East … Egypt … Economics/Business/Trade … …

…   In geologic years, the Galapagos Islands are infants. Located on the perpetually moving Nazca tectonic plate, the islands were formed through repeated volcanic activity. Layer … old. … David Bernstein … Connecting History … Pacific … South & Central America … Environment … Animals … Science & …

… look at a key moment in the formation of the Chinese state and the Han identity. It highlights Chinese art, language, and ethnography. This ties into the state standards … Debate Data-Based Question Lesson Materials: … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Education … Ancient History … World …

… 1929, following decades of civic unrest, internal warfare and repeated U.S. military interventions, the PRI, the … to several generations who preferred authoritarian rule and a centralized government to chaos. The PRI incorporated … New York. … Itai Sneh … History News Service … Mexico … South & Central America … Democracy/Elections/Voting Rights …

… atomic bombing of two Japanese cities. Most reporters and commentators who write about Hiroshima and Nagasaki uncritically support the popular assumption … Maley III … Uday Hohan … History News Service … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Military/War/Peace … Nuclear Power & …

… bombs dropped by the United States on  Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War II . On August … 2015, I was in Hiroshima for the anniversary of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these … 2015] … David L. Hoffmann … Postcards … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Japan … World War II / WWII … Nuclear Power …

… where over eight million people are at risk from hunger and malnutrition. The Bush administration would be wise to heed Marshall's warning and rally the international community to increase food aid … Lambers … History News Service … Food & Agriculture … South Asia … International Organizations … …

… Although Americans today may take the tactical and operational brilliance of their military forces for … B. Breyfogle. Video production by Cody Patton, Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.  … Perhaps no historical … in the spring of 1942. … Peter Mansoor … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Military/War/Peace … Pacific … Philippines …

… an exciting new collaboration that marries photographs and words to bring Black history to life. Picturing Black … Images Dawn Chitty, (Ed.D.) | Director of Education at the African American Civil War Museum Daniela Edmeier … The last, this image is an image of a school in Edisto, South Carolina. And the next image is a similar image of a …

… One hundred and fifty years ago today, April 12, 1861, Edmund Ruffin … the Federal military installation in the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor.  Almost ceremonially it began the … historian, "did more for the negro in 250 years than African freedom had done since the building of the …

… the Charleston harbor, past Confederate fortifications, and to the Union fleet blockading the city. The architect of … of the 19th century. Smalls was born enslaved in Beaufort, South Carolina at 511 Prince Street in 1839. His mother was … undermine Reconstruction and the political power of African Americans. Unable to overcome entrenched Republican …