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The Politics of International Sport

… a cartoon villain figure even before the recent events in Ukraine.   Dr. Steven Conn  Yeah, that's right.   Patrick … several other countries. Who knows what's going to go on in Ukraine, whether we'll wind up with two halves of a …

The Unkept Promise of Nuclear Power

… at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania (1979); Chernobyl, Ukraine (1986); and Fukushima, Japan (2011) disrupted … others lost lives. Radiation spread through the regions of Ukraine and Belarus , near the plant, and then far beyond, …
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

A European Future for NATO?

… left with bilateral defense agreements with Georgia and the Ukraine.   Obama should capitalize on the present U.S. drift …
British Fleet Spanish Armada of 1588

1588: the Spanish Armada Still Loses

… about future conflicts, even the Russian war against Ukraine? Prof. Geoffrey Parker   Well, two halves to that. As I think the invasion of Ukraine is made mostly land and air, whereas the Armada is … And there's, if you like a parallel with the invasion of Ukraine, for the very ambitious strategy, I mean, who knows …
Cover of Vodka Politics by Mark Lawrence Schrad

Bottoms Up, or Race to the Bottom?

Review of Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State, by Mark Lawrence Schrad (New York: Oxford UP, 2014)
West Berliners stand amid the rubble of WWII and watch U.S. Air Force transport planes land at Templehof Airport during the Berlin Airlift in 1948.

The Berlin Airlift

… and cost millions of dollars. In places like  Gaza and  Ukraine in 2023-2024, the West faces comparatively more …

The Hajj and Europe

… And in a new twist last year, after annexing  Crimea  from  Ukraine , Russia offered Crimean Tatars generous hajj …
An MP looking north from South Korea in the Demilitarized Zone, 2008.

The War That Never Ended: The Legacy of the Korean War

… its external trade.  Meanwhile,  Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reignited the close diplomatic relationship between … ballistic missiles for its illegal war of aggression in Ukraine. The cash-strapped North Koreans are all too willing …