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… the term “New Cold War” has mushroomed among analysts and commentators seeking to define contemporary geopolitics. … term, though it functions differently than in the West. Some do perceive newly heightened global tensions in terms … installation that allows Ye Wenjie to communicate with extraterrestrial invaders, is not identified specifically as …

… in the polls among GOP voters precisely because he is so comfortable mixing politics and religion. He presents a … the kind of bigotry American Catholics have tried to overcome. What may be less familiar is that Santorum’s brand of … accused President Obama of worshiping a “false theology.” Some commentators read this comment as an appeal to the …

… at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … ( bottom right ). Whatever else they may or may not have in common ideologically, these populists share an antipathy … mere piling up of more millions, develops a yearning for some sort of public honor and is willing to pay for it.” In …

… people in harvesting sea life off the banks of what would become Canada’s eastern shore. Cod—so synonymous with fishing … villages on the coast were relocated to more centralized communities. It was argued that infrastructure projects such … only way to save the industry. While the cod have rebounded some, these two events effectively ended Newfoundlander’s …

… called it "genocide." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These tragic events have riveted the international community and attracted unprecedented media attention. … Legion" as the spearhead in Libya's offensive in Chad. Some of the legion's members were also drawn from the …

… discussion of issues over party politics but make political compromise even more difficult than it is today. In 1787, … ratified as the law of the land, he argued that competition among many interest groups was the genius of the … which he meant “a number of citizens united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … from the West who rashly predicted that their states would some day be home to as any as 180 million Americans. Rep. …

… to expand NATO is based on an outdated crusade against communism, a crusade launched against the Soviet Union in … not only unnecessary, it is based on devotion to past anti-communist cliches. In addition, based on the experience of … 1949 was an alliance of democracies. The Czech Republic has some claim to be a democracy. Poland and Hungary have made …

… Hitler created the opposite of what he intended to accomplish by invading the Soviet Union. Instead of destroying … had Nazi Germany defeated the USSR! There is, of course, something called “counterfactual” history, which deals in … again. Although the idea of containing Germany has never completely disappeared, the EU has taken on a robust life of …

… history. Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, complained that the CBS script contains language that Ronald … of events and people. They were all “controversial” in some way. “Roots,” the influential television series that …

… motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … the Soviet Union's security. On the other hand, messianic communist ideals, which date back to Bolshevik upheaval of … was important to Khrushchev was to maintain the spread of communism. Khrushchev's calls for peaceful coexistence were …

… from its worst impulses—how to create a new international community based on “respect for the human person” and belief … important questions lingered. Nuremberg had been an extraordinary event. The judgment would surely have … Of course, none of this was as simple as it sounded. Some observers, including the New York Times editorial …

… first used the term in English, but “influenza” was not a commonly used term in England until the 1782 pandemic. 2. … bacterium, which he named Bacillus influenza (or as it more commonly came to be called, Pfeiffer’s bacillus), in 1892. … could not hold sales; funerals were limited to 15 minutes. Some towns required a signed certificate to enter and …

… His subsequent arrest, trial, and execution led to Brown becoming a martyr for the cause of liberty. The book’s final … an alternative book pairing either of these men with someone like Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, … or Dred Scott. This type of book would much more fully encompass the diversity within the anti-slavery movement of …

… total solar eclipse . Dating to 1223 BCE in Syria, it was accompanied by the appearance of  Mars in the sky and … eclipses offer perspective through their enormity. They command respect. The response of Cooper’s New York to the … 1806 therefore transpired at a critical moment, when the awesome power of heavenly spectacle crossed a young American …

… United States into worldwide condemnation. •  Promoted the extraordinarily dangerous doctrine of preemptive war. … pit for the money of American taxpayers for years to come. •  Failed to follow through in Afghanistan, where the …

… our own purposes as well. Zombie Alice at 2014 New York ComicCon. Cosplaying is one way people have taken ownership of Alice and remixed it into something new and meaningful to them. Image by Rich S.  In … narrative tone of Alice , dry and ironic, creates complicity with the reader. Once drawn into collusion by the …

… Carter. By giving him this honor at this time, the Nobel Committee seized the opportunity to express its concern over … initiated toward Iraq. Both the timing and the citation accompanying the prize hinted at more than Carter's undisputed … unfortunate association with the corrupt bank of Credit and Commerce International in the late 1980s has been long left …

… After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … an official armed force, the OAU remains an important component of African independence stories. It eventually … tested by economic struggle, Western exploitation, and, in some ways, inadequate leadership. Unfortunately, liberation …

… coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the … in northern schools, the linguistic situation was more complicated in the south, where local vernaculars, English, … to preserve a way of life they considered more authentic. Some scholars maintain that the British planned to attach …

… state was “entirely created” by the Bolsheviks after the communist seizure of power in 1917 as part of Lenin’s … value is evident just by looking at a map, but it becomes even more obvious when considering the course of …

… would eliminate filibusters to prevent legislation from coming to the floor for debate, while retaining filibusters … the Senate as Jefferson's vice president from 1801-1805 recommended dropping in an effort to simplify Senate rules. … for freebooter or pirate.  To outsiders it looked as though someone had pirated the floor of the Senate.   By the early …

… collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asia has become an increasingly important pivot in international … destabilization, state repression has increased. Drug Trafficking and Narco-States Until the end of the 1990s, Central … and consumption. If Central Asians aspire to reconstruct some new version of the trade networks of the old Silk Road, …