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… of 2007, the author of an introduction to three essays in National Geographic warned, "The oceans are in deep blue … century, especially in the mid-1950s. By 1965, the Soviet Union alone had 106 factory trawlers and 425 smaller …

… Scott Key, a slaveholder and colonizationist, to write the national anthem. But that banner’s famous backstory has unfortunately … many Americans did not hang the flag to showcase their national pride.  In 1820, there were approximately 10,326 …

… the burgeoning nation diplomatic participation in the international political scene. The Birth of U.S. Foreign Policy … reduced, France forced Haiti to pay an annual fee for its national sovereignty for nearly 100 hundred years—from 1825 … hope for the end of American slavery, but also prompted the Union government to finally extend diplomatic recognition to …

… the true intent of American spying incursions into the Soviet Union after that nation's capture of Francis Gary Powers, … — defying the Supreme Court, uprooting Indians, killing the national bank. But if military experience is no guarantee of …

… Latinos and Latinas were adequately represented on the national stage by both major political parties. At their … National Convention, Raza Unida activists held their own reunion in El Paso, Texas, to commemorate the 1972 national … In 1989 activists held a national Chicano Activists Reunion in San Antonio, which was attended by iconic leaders …

… Shah, and established the Pahlavi dynasty. A hard-headed nationalist, Reza Shah tried unsuccessfully to seize control … British forces pulled out of Iran on schedule, but when the Soviets refused to honor the March 1946 deadline, President … from Iranian Prime Minister Ahmed Qavam that the Soviet Union would have access to oil fields in northern Iran. The …

… image began to turn decisively away from “divisive black nationalist” and toward “broadly popular American … gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City over Soviet boxer Jonas Cepulis, he celebrated in the ring with a … leader, Patrice Lumumba , was regarded as pro-Soviet by the U.S. and Belgium; he was deposed and executed, …

… Greek resistance movement that fought the occupation—the National Liberation Front (EAM)—and its guerilla units—the … support in Greece itself, their putative ally, the Soviet Union, had other fish to fry. In an agreement (unknown to …

… to investigate or even denounce this serious breach of national security. In the long list of presidential misdeeds … they may have been, but no former administration betrayed national security and put the lives of American agents in … have sought political gain through an illegal breach of national security. The least damaging but most sensational …

… Hwang, a lecturer at The Ohio State University in International Studies Department and a faculty member in Korean … access to over the last decade or so, with the fall of the Soviet Union, we started to get access to North Korean government …

… 26, 2016, in Cartagena that will then be voted on in a national plebiscite. The FARC is the largest guerrilla group … to the formation of a new political party, the Patriotic Union (UP/ Unión Patriótica ), which became an electoral … at the party and its allies. The flag of the Patriotic Union (UP). Right-wing paramilitary violence against the UP …

… these refugees from others seeking to move across international borders, and why is it important to identify … provide a standard definition of refugee status within international law. According to the new Convention, a refugee was … fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or …

… and intolerance. It has strained the unity of the European Union , sparked debate about the difference between Western … from poverty) is difficult but important because international law treats these two categories of people … more xenophobic that the rest of Europe? Are the former Soviet bloc countries unable or less willing to cope with …

… The logo for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. On September 2, 1998, … conviction for the crime of genocide was entered by an international tribunal. The date is an essential milestone in the … development of criminal responsibility imposed by the international community for the commission of mass atrocities. …

… left ). Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and members of the national security team in the White House Situation Room … of the Atlantic Charter is now trying to leave the European Union ; the other just spent the last 18 months bullying its … Communists. Orbán delivering an anti-Communist and anti-Soviet speech at the reburial of Imre Nagy in 1989. In June …

… Recent years have seen Brazil take on an ever bolder international profile, a trend that is unlikely to change under … land. Investors also feared that the former metalworker and union leader would place little value on fiscal and monetary … to strengthen Brazil's regional leadership by forming the Union of South American Nations and re-launching Mercosur, …

… 1913, Ludlow miners (pictured above in 1914) had struck for union recognition; the company's obedience to Colorado's … 1914, the strike had been completely broken. The Colorado National Guard arrives near the camp of the striking miners. … County, there are no neutrals there. You'll either be a union man, or a thug for J.H. Blair [Harlan County …

… being prepared to fight a massive tank battle against the Soviet Union for control of Europe, the administration believed, … The conflict spawned the Cold War and an arms race with the Soviet Union. This decades-long confrontation forced the …

… the difficult journey to member states of the European Union in their ongoing search for safety. By extension, it … as internally displaced persons outside the scope of international legal conventions, or have found shelter in … took account not only of Nazi policy but also of Soviet totalitarianism. This is a long and convoluted story, …

… of war, Yemen teeters on the brink of what the European Union has described as “the world's largest humanitarian … whose roots lie in geography, religion, economics, and international relations. Today we'll examine various facets of … can turn this question over to Austin. In 1968 there was a Soviet correspondent named Pavel Demchenko and he was the …

… crisis since the Great Depression. In the fall of 2009, the national unemployment rate peaked at 10.1 percent and today … are hard to come by, but according to some accounts, the national unemployment rate climbed as high as 17 percent. … than denounced, government action. In his State of the Union Address in January 1983, Reagan proposed the extension …

… policies might induce the Confederate states to rejoin the Union, or might at least ensure that the four border slave states still in the Union (Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland and Missouri) would not … the possibility of an accidental collision with allied Soviet forces moving in on Berlin from the east. He also …

… under the powerful and single-minded  Mekorot, the National Water Company of Israel .  Mekorot claims it has … financing from the superpowers: Egypt’s Aswan High Dam with Soviet assistance, Brazil’s Companhia Hidro-Elétrica do São … hardworking, and honest man and who toiled in communion with beneficent nature.  Eventually, Israeli settlers, …