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… even more with each day that American and British forces fail to unearth more than circumstantial evidence of … that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States — from … on a war it cannot justify. Christopher Gerteis is a visiting professor of East Asian history at the University …

… The United States was a nation forged in the ideological fires of a democratic revolution … leaders and citizens ever since have denied or rejected a foreign policy guided by ideology. Why? If ideas and … Distinguished Lecturer, Nichols is a frequent public commentator on U.S. politics and foreign policy. Nichols is …

… founding in  1948 , Israel has used hydraulic works to reinforce its ownership of occupied Palestinian lands. In … the powerful and single-minded  Mekorot, the National Water Company of Israel .  Mekorot claims it has conveyed “water, … limited sources of water that face “constant threats.”  The company employs dams and other barrages, pumps, irrigation …

… legacy with which Americans will sooner or later have to come to terms: today we live in a society of greater … This disturbing development is linked to the PATCO debacle, for President Reagan’s unprecedented act of union-busting … in Washington, D.C., and a writer for the History News Service. He is currently writing a book on the PATCO …

… a stunning achievement and that description of how it was accomplished feels especially poignant today when faith in … Pitiful” The disease was called rinderpest, the German word for “cattle plague,” and it was vicious. It spread quickly … has been humbled and our progress facilitated by this awful visitation. The advent of the white man had else not been so …

… concern about the war’s impact on global agricultural commodity markets: the disruption to Ukrainian agricultural … one would expect an organization such as the FAO to be informed on food questions, the sheer number of stories in the … The UN World Food Program estimates that the cost of buying food will rise by $23 per month – a significant …

… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would … if couched in the language of censure—could prompt visitors to the exhibit today to reflect on the injustice … desires into those of the group. Getting individuals to buy into the China Dream means ridding the past and present …

… the Russias.” Services in Moscow capped a series of events commemorating the Romanovs’ tercentenary, in what proved to … continue to grapple with the Romanov legacy as they search for a usable past after the turbulent twentieth century. … workers were carefully muzzled in advance of the tsar’s visit. Celebration of the Romanovs’ heritage could draw …

… Taliban? The question has confounded international society for more than a quarter century. Their stunning victory in … the Taliban now confront the challenge of governing this complex country and establishing a stable government. Since … the United States as guests of UNOCAL corporation. They visited Texas, Nebraska, and Washington, D.C. A number of …

… homes and jobs. But the 20th century’s legal foundation for homeland security was laid during 1917 and 1918 when the … to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive … against them. Bush’s speech to Congress and the nation, his visit to a Washington mosque and his meetings with Muslim …

… nation must choose between alternative ways of life, “communist or free,” Truman declared. Truman shook off fears … neutrality allowed. If Bush’s political advisers are hoping for the same success, they may have forgotten how Truman’s … figure. The next time Bush goes home to Texas, he should visit Johnson’s final resting place and ponder deeply. It is …

… In November 2018, a report commissioned by French President Emannuel Macron called for artifacts taken to France during the heyday of European … of Native American remains by American museums to the complicated provenance of Greek and Roman antiquities held … very slow to do this, because a lot of the stuff that it buys, it buys in ways that we might not approve of. So the …

… Opium War (officially 1856-1860), a conflict that not only forced that narcotic drug deep into China ’s politics, … of Qing laws prohibiting the drug. After one Chinese trade commissioner captured and publicly destroyed British opium … ship seized by China on suspicion of piracy—reducing its complex causes to only its precipitating event. …

… opposed to the administration’s war policies and hungry for a candidate with national security bona fides. A … officers as presidential contenders. Generals who have become president (there were ten, six of them notable as … does he hunger for war. Historian David Greenberg is a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and …

… Zimbabwe , formerly Southern Rhodesia, gained independence from British colonialism on April 18, 1980. The nation commemorates this political milestone annually, with the … Agreement had a clause on land reform under the willing-buyer, willing-seller principle. White farmers would …

… border deal as “the toughest set of border security reforms we've ever seen.” Urging Congress to pass the bill, … also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … under specific provisions. These cards enable Mexican visitors to stay in the United States up to 72 hours for …

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … were neither everyday news items nor were they significant forces within American energy policy-making. In the 1960s, … This emphasis on the environment clearly distinguishes the latest period of the long transition from earlier times when …

… conferences, and publications that in turn disseminated information and ideas. New Zealand suffragists at a London … Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that … they embarrassed President Woodrow Wilson in front of a visiting Russian delegation, whose wartime cooperation he …