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… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … of an important national anniversary in 1981, 1,300 years since the establishment of the medieval Bulgarian state in … communist leadership, particularly the longtime dictator, Todor Zhivkov, was always interested in culture and he liked …

… does not match up with the region's global importance. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asia has become an increasingly important pivot in international … entered into the sphere of influence of Russia, which had become the main power in the region. The focus of Russian …

… This Friday, December 1st, for the first time since Mexico's modern revolution in the 1920s, one party … taking power.  What ought to be changes of government become changes of regime. Putsches and revolutions substitute … republic. As a result, no doubt the day will soon come when parties in Mexico, like those in the United …

… But U.S. - Cuba relations could be in for a dramatic change since President Obama's mid-December announcement . Join in …   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from … mid-December, "US to restore full relations with Cuba, erasing the last trace of Cold War hostility," read The New …

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a …

… What’s all the fuss about? Europe has had a constitution since 1951, and the 2004 Treaty of Rome contained only … a dramatic reconciliation in the European Coal and Steel Community.Ê Founded with four other countries in 1951, it … to sign up for a unified army in the 1952 European Defense Community. Five of them ratified it. The French parliament …

… has been a grim reminder of the role that disease-causing microbes such as bacteria and viruses have played … in biomedicine in recent years. Three of our “deadly companions.” Poliovirus ( left ), Influenza ( center ), and COVID-19 ( right ). Our “deadly companions,” to use Dorothy Crawford’s apt term, are …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open arms. In his first public comments after George W. Bush’s inauguration, Castro said … a strange suggestion to make to a Republican president, since the Republicans have been much more vocal in their …

… it remains a part of the United Kingdom or separates to become an independent state.  As the prospect of an … ten historical moments help us understand the long and complicated relationship among Scotland, England, and the … a collection of individual nations united under a single political state: England, Scotland, Wales, and …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … and now damaging, the president.   What’s surprising about that these charges is that the person closest to … However anodyne Michelle Obama’s public image has become — with fashion magazine covers, visits to schools and …

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … These sharp critiques and proposed policy initiatives come after the billions of dollars invested in the … many times across Latin America. Like all successful businesses, organizations for narco-production and …

… parties, struggle with their sexuality, track “likes” and “comments” on Facebook, experience domestic abuse, and dream … and filled the seas with ice, slowing and eventually ceasing shipping between Greenland and Norway.  The last extant … artist, Innuteq Storch, represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale. Contemporary art in Greenland reflects this global …

… That paper, simply entitled “Declarations Drawn up in Common Agreement,” was signed in a town on the French side … anticolonial war for Algerian independence that has since become immortalized in popular imagination by such cinematic …

… free consent of over 500 rangatira (chiefs) and the tribal communities they represented. A 1939 reconstruction of the … of the Treaty of Waitangi, as signed on 6 February 1840. Since 1840, New Zealand has evolved from a British colony to an independent nation-state, becoming increasingly diverse, with over a quarter of its …

… government to obtain a highly profitable oil concession. Since then, Iran has been locked in a struggle to control … even at the risk of confrontation with the international community. In persuading the Iranian government to be more … War, the United States believed that it faced the threat of communist expansion in the developing world. Iran looked …

… when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon. Since then, it's been all down hill for human space flight. … system and beyond.  Satellites make possible the modern communications, navigation, weather, and other space-based … space travel fully reliable.  Insurance rates for launching communications satellites into geosynchronous orbit run from …

… Since their independence from  the Soviet Union in 1991, … both countries appear to break from the autocratic past and complicate our understanding of their political future. In … years of the USSR.  The two leaders quickly tossed aside Communism as a governing ideology and instead embraced …

… French cities. In fact, the riots of February 6 th have become shorthand to describe the protests and violence that … the most violent period of political protest in France since the Commune of 1871. The Paris Commune was a radical …

… the Greeks, the Romans, and the Goths, among others. This comprises the first chapter of Kent’s history. The next … Crimea is, at its core, a part of Europe, with much more in common with the West than the East. He writes that “its … thirteen centuries of Crimean history, contains not a single citation. The second chapter contains three, and the …

… the initial onset of symptoms. Measles often causes severe complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis … can be controlled through vaccination , and has been since 1963, when Drs. John Enders and Samuel Katz developed … to the use of this essential public health tool in some communities here and around the world. Why? This 1802 …

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … proudly declared that he had not (and would not) donate a single penny to Haitian relief because, as he put it, why … Paul Shirley, a former NBA basketball player and ESPN commentator, was later fired by ESPN for his comments. …