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FDR and Churchill at the Atlantic Conference in 1941.

A New Atlantic Charter?

… also wanted to define a role for the United States in international affairs while increasing cooperation with the … rise to the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.   Today, the United States and … points of view in using natural resources and handling international relations. There is so far little chemistry between …
Collapsed bridge

America's Infrastructure Challenge

… So to start off, your organization, the ASCE, produces a national report card every four years. Can you briefly … The concept for that actually started in 1988 with the National Council on Public Works Improvement. They issued a … the moment when these infrastructure projects are seen as a national priority.   Dr. Clay Howard  One of the things that …
Scene in Ukraine

Ukraine, In a Nutshell

Review of The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Serhy Yekelchyk (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015).
… accurately describes a myriad of issues, such as the Post-Soviet nostalgia in Crimea and eastern Ukraine that this … much of the unique intricacies of the Ukrainian and Russian national psyches that led to the war, that continue to … with Russia, 2) the vital, all-encompassing list of national reforms in which Ukraine must succeed, and 3) the …
Ellis Island, New York City.

Hiding Behind Reform

… A similar effort in New York City in August made national headlines. What’s significant about the controversy … claims that its billboard campaign is intended to force a national debate on immigration policy. It is a serious …
Earth covered in trees and water

"Pale Blue Dot": History of Our Environment

… what that history kind of continues today. In an international perspective, particularly as an historian of … relationship with questions of the environment and international intervention, right. So in some ways that that … something that I would actually say in some ways that international pressure that the Earth Day kind of helped, help …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… chant, directed at Bashir: “Just fall — that’s all.” International observers have suggested that the uprising in Sudan … freely to the Arab League Summit, as well as the African Union Summit. The only time there was an attempt [was] when … So basically,  you could see that even now, the African Union, was also trying to play a very dubious role in the …

Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya

… and social strife. On February 20, 2008, on a local National Public Radio station an "expert" said that the … but also greed, corruption, and a realpolitik in which international pressures have exerted significant influences. When … a one-party state dominated by the Kenyan African National Union (KANU) party founded by Kenyatta. They have held …

(Fore)Closing on the American Dream

… the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)—two parts of the National Housing Act of 1934—that the U.S. government began … more borrowers. The federal government created the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) in 1938, a unique … In 1968, the federal government spun off the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from Fannie Mae. …
Perry speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Governor Perry’s Vice-Presidential Mistake

… servant can contribute in important ways to addressing national and international problems.  The position gives the president the advice of an experienced national political leader and allows the government to deal …
Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research.

The Fifth Wave?

… in a century phenomenon that will carry productivity trends nationally or globally to a new higher track, or whether we … endured oil shocks and stagflation, the erosion of labor unions, declining home ownership rates, the evaporation of …
June 4th, 2014, at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park (Photo by the author)

Remembering Tiananmen: The View from Hong Kong

… of 1989 consciously imitated their forebears. Recalling the nationalism of the May Fourth (1919) Movement, they called … over memorial rituals at Wan'an Public Cemetery.  Here, a reunion of the mothers of Yuan Li and Duan Changlong. The … commemorates the original. The Chinese University Students' Union laid these wreaths at its base this June 4th (Photo by …
US Marines fight rebellious Boxers outside Beijing Legation Quarter, 1900 – copy of painting by Sergeant John Clymer

The Boxer Rebellion

… a particularly painful episode in what contemporary Chinese nationalists referred to as the broader  “century of … on for another decade before being overthrown by the Nationalists (Guomindang) in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution.  In … of North Carolina Press, 2001. Wang, Zheng.  Never Forget National Humiliation: Historical Memory in Chinese Politics …
Employees operating a testing center at the Walmart Supercenter in Elizabethville, PA, August, 2020.

Licenses to Ill: Health Passes and Surveillance

… an updated health passport may soon be required at international airports , workplaces, nursing homes , and other … Italy. Passports appeared alongside the emergence of national borders. While today we tend to think of it as a … checkpoints, confirmations, and valuations. A Hawaii National Guardsman screens departing passengers at the …
A portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

… Ronald Reagan signed the bill making his birthday a national holiday, the American prophet of nonviolence had … Obama and his family tour the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. shortly before its …
President George W. Bush delivers his remarks on the global war on terror during a visit Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, to Atlanta

War and “The Law of Unintended Consequences”

… would undermine rather than strengthen America’s international image. The admirable struggle in 1991 to defend … terrible disasters of Sept. 11. In the long run this international trust can prove more important than military … If the president’s actions unexpectedly destroy the international mood of good will toward America, the United States …
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

… the Iraq War and is a frequent commentator in the media on national security affairs. R. Joseph Parrott is assistant … interested in the intersection f foreign policy, race, transnational activism, and domestic politics. One side of his … in the intersection of foreign policy, race, transnational activism, and domestic politics. One side of his …