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… In April and May 2019, the world’s largest democracy held elections. More than 540 … the destruction of the Babri Masjid. An anti-Muslim stance was central to this process. Recent events in the state of … to “steal” bits of it. This ideology was clearly expressed when it came to the question of Kashmir. Central …

… Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian-American … dissatisfaction evident today. So we should not be shocked when Russian policymakers take actions against Western interests in the Middle East, or when Russian intellectuals and politicians whip up …

… Writing in Slate in the early days of the Great Pandemic , Daniel Sarewitz … change or environmental poisoning, for instance—COVID-19 was compelling “people everywhere . . . to put their … was never episodic, even though there were moments when science seemed unnervingly supreme—the atomic moment …

… “The man who doesn’t ask his country for even a handful of … in the mountainous Segovia region that borders Honduras, was a stirring nationalist document. In it, he rejected the … they would largely dictate for the next half-century. When the pattern continued in Panama’s war for independence …

… Following the recent arrest of al-Qaeda-linked conspirators planning … fascism, at least in its most familiar German incarnation, was a genocidal, totalitarian movement, Bush's comparison … the current situation. Fascism in Europe was destroyed when the states it ruled were occupied and their governments …

… with Russia make one wonder if this is just a pause in the fighting. Will the U.S. continues its propaganda war … Each side made concessions. Until the crisis, Kennedy was a militant cold warrior, promoting military buildups and … authorized the president’s use of “armed force” in Vietnam. When Johnson introduced hundreds of thousands of U.S. ground …

… Welcome aboard the train, British History ! In preparation for our … Nonetheless, please remain seated otherwise, specifically when the train teeters near the cliff-edge of World War Two … nuclear debates, and war; and the Conservative Party that was in power from 1979 to 1997 has done nothing to curb this …

… from American corporations have continued unaffected by weather, criticism, or the economy. Fifty-eight thousand … Give your life to IBM and it will take care of you, was the understanding. Job security first became a central … were barely half those in other occupational sectors. When Myers’s father urged him to accept a white-collar …

… Yeongju, a city in South Korea, is famous as the historic home of the Seonbi, Confucian scholars who … active today. With more than 1,000 years of history, it was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 and … as alleviating hunger. Ganghakdang in Sosu Seowon. When entering Sosu Seowon, the first building that visitors …

… To describe the life of Brigham Young requires a mastery of subtlety and … painted nineteenth-century Mormonism as culturally deviant, when situated amongst the diverse milieu of utopian, … and thus encouraged civilizing missions as long as it was convenient.  However, when conflicts arose between …

… The decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland ought to … occurred in 1798 and the present IRA’s campaign since 1969 was unveiled. Many republicans — including most of those who … without precedent in Ireland. But are precedents relevant when lives are at stake? Moreover, politicians should be …

… “Undoubtedly there is something in the Slavic nature which predisposes … of some kind, and a chimney or smokehole…. The only exit was the smokehole, or in the finer habitations, a window. … Thirty Years War stands as a testimony to what can happen when political acrimony, religious intolerance, and …

… Which Martin Luther King Jr., will we honor this year?  The Southerner who … the Jim Crow system of racial segregation. That work was only the first part of his career, however. As terribly … the world. This is a vital part of his legacy to us. Even when the United States was engaged in war, he refused to …

… With 2002 drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players … ghosts of a mythic southern past became the glorious, whitewashed heroes. By the end of the nineteenth century, these … the weakness of this attempt during his Pascagoula apology, when he turned from his earlier admiration for …

… On March 12, 2011, an explosion rocked the towns of Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima, Japan, but few … fields, and tore chasms through the asphalt streets. But it was a human-made disaster at the nearby nuclear power plants … materials for peaceful purposes would grow to the point when both sides would dismantle weapons to provide fuel for …

… The April 18 centennial of San Francisco's catastrophic … to deal with the cataclysm's magnitude. In 1906 there was no sign that an earthquake was imminent, but San … 1906 quake and Katrina are a given. The only question is when. The probability is high that sometime in the next …

… Koistinen in his new book State of War can be summed up in the following data point: twenty years after the end of the … the armed services themselves. He then moves outward from Washington. Chapter 4 considers the growth of the defense … has spent roughly $7.5 trillion on nuclear weapons, but when he takes us to visit warehouses full of mothballed …

… On October 23, Hungarians marked the 60 th anniversary of the ill-fated revolution that ended … denunciation of Stalin to the Suez Crisis, 1956 was a year of momentous changes and crises in the Cold War … hopes of steering the movement towards a peaceful outcome. When crowds of unarmed civilians were gunned down on that …

… ago, on January 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti. The following day, as tens of … Haiti and its people are cursed. The curse, he claimed, was the result of a "pact" that the Haitian people made with … the Revolution in Haiti began. Political conflict emerged when the gens de couleur , the free Black population, began …