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Outdoing Panama: Turkey’s ‘Crazy’ Plan to Build an Istanbul Canal

… had imagined for Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey—and Europe. It would be ambitious. Massive. It would be a "crazy project," as Erdogan and the public coined it. Turks imagined : Could it be a … pipeline from Azerbaijan to a Mediterranean port in southern Turkey. Another oil pipeline, scheduled for …
Vladimir Putin seated and surrounded by military officers

World War II Memory in Putin's Russia

… in Ukraine. Panelists: David L. Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Department of History, … Breyfogle (Moderator), Associate Professor of History and Director, Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, … know the answer, in the case of Central Asian countries, or South Caucasus countries, either. Certainly, it is …
a woman at a witch trial. she is wearing white and has her arms up in air with lightening bolts coming out of them. A judge, lawyer and an audience of people look on.

What was Wrong with the Judges at the Salem Witch Trials?

… witch trials concern those who were accused of witchcraft and their accusers, Matt Goldish's new book, "Science and Specters" at Salem, turns the spotlight on the judges. … they will get further names. And that's why especially in southwestern Germany late 16th early 17th centuries you get …

The Unkept Promise of Nuclear Power

… in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford Nuclear Reservation to give a … in 2009 with completion scheduled for 2016 and 2017. In South Carolina, plans for two new reactors at the Virgil C. …

Colonizing Mars: Practicing Other Worlds on Earth

… spoke about his company's plans for interplanetary travel and his belief in humanity's future as a multi-planet species . His proposed first stop: Mars—sooner and cheaper than might be expected. In front of the … owns and operates a Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in southern Utah. The University of Hawaii at Manoa operates …

After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections

… Vladimir Putin, the widely popular President since 2000 and Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 2007, has come to the end of his legal term limit and must step down. He has anointed his successor in Dmitry … the question of the secessionist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In this context, both this year's great May 9 …

Russia and the Race for the Arctic

… the North Pole, Artur Chilingarov, famed polar explorer and member of the Russian parliament, straightened his arm into the air, fired his pistol, and declared: "This is our Arctic, this is the Russian … change the rules of the game. The European Union, certain African countries, and others have argued that the Arctic is …