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… of Western powers have provided the Chinese state-run media with an abundance of material to work with. The sense … a lengthy analysis in July 1989 explaining how the “anti-communist forces” of the capitalist world, led by the U.S. … this view look positively prophetic. One after another, most of the world’s Communist governments collapsed, in an …

… will miss a massive opportunity to reform one of the most outdated and anti-majoritarian practices in American … anti-democratic, inefficient, and a symbol of legislative incompetence. Liberals in the earlier post-World War II period … of Oregon, pointed out that the filibuster was the favorite media example of how Congress did not work. He was right. In …

… increase their exchanges and cooperation between their armed forces. A competition in armaments between China and the United States … was the 1992 Open Skies Treaty which is in force today over most of Europe and North America. An agreement similar to …

… giveaway to special interests. Not surprisingly, pundits immediately coined this measure the Corporate Pork Bill. … in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Yet he repeatedly affirmed his reputation as a man who took personal responsibility …

… and FDR.   Of all the recent presidents, Kennedy was the most historically sensitive — if we’re to agree with … himself. Which won’t be so bad. Obama’s already an accomplished memoirist. He evidently prefers to be his own …   The president-elect must make sure that he, or a trusted associate, really does get it all down. For no …

… Rome . If  warnings of the imminent rise of superhuman AI come to pass, he may be the last pontiff crowned during the … account before his accession—Luther craftily embraced the media of his day. For Luther, this was the moveable-type … was no mere metaphor. Significantly, Luther  attributed the most biting accusations in his  Theses “to the shrewd …

… dotted with reminders of this past, but the residents welcome visitors with true Albanian hospitality and intend to … the Soviet state, and with little regard for the historical sites of the city, Hoxha began a massive building campaign … by many as oppressive and the country became one of the most isolated in the world. The population of Tirana grew …

… 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 workers, mostly Jewish or Italian immigrant women and girls, the … 4:45 pm, the smoke and shouts brought them running to the site. They watched, helpless, as firefighters tried … watching scores of young women and several young men die, combined with the awful realization that this tragedy could …

… a way to use history when trying to make sense of China’s complicated present. Another kind of continuity between 1989 … it, and they did so for many different reasons. But when most Americans hear the word “Tiananmen,” all that comes to … being killed. This image is only partly right. In fact, most of the people soldiers killed on June 4 were workers, …

… will leave the nation unprepared for war. One of the most vocal and influential critics is Frederick W. Kagan, a … at West Point. To make his point that cutting America’s armed forces will leave the nation unable to deter overseas … and means to maintain its present overseas positions and commitments, it will fail, as did Great Britain in the late …

… they’d serve themselves well to look back to that most maligned of decades, the 1970s. In the years of Jimmy … the horizon in the late 1970s was Ronald Reagan. One of the most transformative figures — for good or for ill — ever to … They have shown no inclination toward the kind of compromise that characterized President Reagan on issues …

… spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but … or the black ocean, that separates Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost island, from Korea . The society strove to obtain … at the onset of World War II . It quickly became the site for the British Code and Cypher School, headquarters …

… procedure — is counter-productive. It's impossible to completely humanize an execution. There's always suffering … toward the agony of executions. As practiced by Florida and most other states with the death penalty, lethal injection … "is general agreement that lethal injection is . . . the most humane type of execution available and is far …

… partnership.” Those conciliatory words, however, were accompanied on both sides with qualifications, skepticism, and … 1872 and 1891, British citizens secured monopolies over almost all of Persia’s financial and economic resources. … military achievements that appears on Fars News, a website affiliated with the IRGC, notes that Iran “launched an …

… the idea of a color-blind America. Media pundits and social commentators nationwide claimed that Obama's election … role in forming policy on labor, race relations, and most especially, urban housing.  His work sat at the … achieve more, and how his particular strategy might be revisited to meet the continuing problems of urban decline and …

… de facto sovereignty over Chinese territory, was one of the most degrading aspects of Western imperialism in China. … northern China. Amid this misery, a mysterious group that combined traditional Chinese folk culture, including martial arts that they claimed made them impervious to bullets, and violent rhetoric …

… of 32.   What was the future that these young men, both named Serhii, wanted to see? The Euromaidan protests began … The last time, in 2004, Yanukovych fraudulently claimed to have won the presidential election, and protesters … were self-organized, people contributed however they felt most effective. When the protests became more violent, …

… spirit and with a large gesture invite an enemy to become an angel without further preparation or a flying … 23, 2018 will mark 400 years since such an act of conflict mediation sparked the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) and … possessed a secular and dynastic dimension. Arguably the most destructive period of warfare the European continent …

… archivist with the Archives’ Nixon records staff, I am alarmed by this news. As their administrations come to a close, presidents establish foundations to raise … how the Kennedy library supposedly was opening “only the most favorable materials.” Nixon’s advocates pressured the …

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which … guns, and the solemn march past the all-too-appropriately named Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington. Many of these … candidates for office might sometimes imply. When pressed, most would concede that the idea of unanimity within the …

… the U.S. Congress and with the president’s signature will become law. While a new law represents a positive step for … it will prove a distraction from the change that’s needed most urgently — ongoing enforcement and oversight. The … The open question is whether, without disaster as an immediate catalyst, executive regulators and congressional …

… major headlines. China-watchers, journalists, and academics commemorated June 4—as the event is called for short—with … student activist group) and the Umbrella Movement’s most-recognized student face. The logo for the Tiananmen … sale; signs call for the return to the Admiralty protest site, resistance against mainland-ization, and “I want true …