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Who Owns the Nile? Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam

… from the Garden of Eden. The 14th century C.E. myth of national origins connected Ethiopia’s rulers to the Old … He then began plans for the Grand Renaissance Dam. International water law has not resolved differences about … Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. A proposal for “equitable shares” was …

Private Matter or Public Crisis? Defining and Responding to Domestic Violence

… women who belonged to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), one of the largest women’s reform … In the ten years after these two lawsuits were filed, the National Coalition against Domestic Violence recorded at … were dismissed. Domestic violence advocacy groups, like the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, have been …
First Lady Michelle Obama reading a Dr. Seuss book to children at the White House.

Celebrating the “Seussentennial”

… values. During World War II, well before Dr. Seuss became a national icon, Geisel was producing editorial cartoons for … while “The Cat in the Hat,” the book that won Geisel international fame, challenges the conformist tendencies of …
Crowd photo of protests in Hong Kong

Hong Kong and China: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

… Under British rule Hong Kong becomes a link in an international trade. It's an entrepôt. It becomes a manufacturing … especially after the war. It becomes the center of international banking. And all of these economic systems require … to earlier, was 2003, in which people came out to protest national security legislation. In 2012, there was a protest …

当前委内瑞拉危机的历史根源

… SA )的监管都有所减少。如今腐败已经 达到前所未有的水平 。 透明国际(Transparency International)发布的 1995 年至 2015 年委内瑞拉腐败感知指数(Corruption Perceptions … SA )的监管都有所减少。如今腐败已经 达到前所未有的水平 。 透明国际(Transparency International)发布的 1995 年至 2015 年委内瑞拉腐败感知指数(Corruption Perceptions … SA )的监管都有所减少。如今腐败已经 达到前所未有的水平 。 透明国际(Transparency International)发布的 1995 年至 2015 年委内瑞拉腐败感知指数(Corruption Perceptions …
The Algerian flag.

Torture in Iraq: Lessons from Algeria

… The main opposition to French rule, the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN), seized the initiative. But … Shawn McHale is an associate professor of history and international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, and a writer …
Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Mother of Rock and Roll

… played amplified electric guitar in the Washington Nationals’ stadium, to a crowd of twenty thousand, complete …
An image showing slaves working on a plantation on the island of Antigua in the early 1800s.

After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade Since 1807

Review of After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade Since 1807, by Marika Sherwood (I.B. Tauris, 2007)
… … Racism & Racial Ideas … United States … Global/Transnational … After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade …
American flag fluttering in the breeze.

War Without End Brings Endless Dangers

… efforts and foreign aid needed to solve complex international problems. During the Cold War, “mutually assured … acts by the United States. In Bush’s Jan. 29 State of the Union speech and since, several groups have been targeted … Rights … Military/War/Peace … Terrorism … Diplomacy/International Relations … War Without End Brings Endless Dangers …
President Richard Nixon in 1969.

The Broken Scandal-Reform Cycle

… of political funds, and it sparked the formation of a national reform movement. Congress responded by prohibiting …
From the 2011 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.

Top Ten Origins: Climate Change

… Climate change gradually gained attention as a major international issue. Since 1988, an Intergovernmental Panel on … climate change. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol set the first international greenhouse gas targets, but the United States … refugees. … Sam White … Top Ten Origins … Global/Transnational … Climate Change … Environment … Science & …
view looking up into treetops

Climate Change: Insights from History

… and surprisingly difficult to confront on an international level. So we are delighted to welcome two of the … see today? And I want to add into that, how important are national and global level agreements or collaborations and … is striking is how effective that was, when you had an international agreement that was more or less adhered to, the …
The Dalai Lama during a visit to Boston, Massachusetts in 2017.

An Effective American Policy on Tibet?

… Party emerged victorious from their civil war against the Nationalists in 1949, they reasserted Chinese rule over … … A. Tom Grunfeld … History News Service … Diplomacy/International Relations … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … …
An image of the castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.

Banning Harry Potter

… Twain’s characters for using racist language.  With National Children’s Book Week just around the corner, even …