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President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.

After 50 Years, a Great Military Debate Resumes

… could pretty well ignore their concerns. Today the European Union is an immense force to be reckoned with in every … News Service … Europe … United States … Diplomacy/International Relations … International Organizations … After 50 Years, a Great Military …
A traditional glass of Weissbier

Keeping Beer “Pure”: The 1516 Reinheitsgebot

… By the 1980s, the growing availability of large multinational beer brands like Heineken and Carlsberg began to … that the Reinheitsgebot was protectionist, the European Union struck down the law as an impediment to free trade in … styles of beer. Bavarian beers now compete on an international stage—one of the United States’ largest craft …
Photograph of a mock-up of the Little Boy nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in August 1945. This was the first photograph of the Little Boy bomb casing to ever be released by the U.S. government (it was declassified in 1960).

Sowing Nuclear Seeds of Division

… did agree to nuclearize. But ultimately the United States national security establishment paid a very high cost, at … Bush program in money, proliferation and domestic and international harmony are already evident. Surely it makes sense … … Ira Chernus … History News Service … Diplomacy/International Relations … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Science & …
scene from the video game Valiant Hearts, The Great War

Top Ten Origins: Historically Themed Video Games

… one year of archival research, oral interviews, and international travel. The art team flew to Normandy, France, to … compared their notes against images from the United States National Archives to design digital environments that … factions with varying interests, and make use of U.S. or Soviet aid without alienating the other side. But the lack …
Copy of an 1890 lithograph depicting the Battle of New Orleans during the Revolutionary War.

A New Resource in the War Against Terrorism?

… how “war has been privatized.” Al Qaeda functions as a multinational corporation, with subsidiaries in more than fifty … as an honorable and effective way to provide for the national defense. Privately owned vessels, not ships of the …
Diocletian's Camp in Palmyra

Understanding the Middle East

… NATO, and also has been trying to be a member of European Union as a secular democracy. On the other hand, it is a … see that I will see Egypt as a birthplace of not only Arab nationalism, but also political Islam in its modern sense, … Patrick R. Potyondy … Middle East … Islam … Diplomacy/International Relations … International Organizations … …
penguin standing on sand at a beach with a plant and ocean behind it

Early Encounters with Penguins

… Spheniscidae. The LOC World Bird List provides an international standard in which all 18 species of penguins are … them.  For most of history they were not objects of international exchange and the peoples who lived near them had … big mass slaughter of penguins that starts to attract international outrage by the late mid- to late-1800s. As whaling …
The film Poster for Captain Phillips (2013)

Contested Waters: Captain Phillips and the Hijacking of the Maersk Alabama

… In 2009, according to the International Maritime Commission, the waters off the … action-filled hijacking reveals the peculiarities of international maritime and insurance law. For two anxious days … order. The American captain argues that he is in international waters, and he questions Mare’s claim to be a …