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… to the center of the world economy interest in China's future place in the international community has grown. Odd Arne Westad explores China's … foreign powers. Thus, Westad proposes China's international future depends on not only itself, but also on how others …

… President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives — created to give religious groups tax … philosophers: Marvin Olasky. Bush has praised Olasky as “compassionate conservatism’s leading thinker,” saying of his … along with them. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… will be no grounds for the United States to reject its outcome. Both U.S. presidential candidates have made … What’s at stake in this referendum is not only the future of Chavez, but the integrity of American foreign … of history and director of Latin American and Ethnic Studies at Lewis & Clark College. …

… guilty of treason against her own husband. Henry VIII had come to the throne in 1509 not as the larger-than-life … daughter of two Spanish royal houses. Since the Tudors had come to the throne only a few decades earlier, after a long … the widowed Catherine’s subsequent union with Henry would become controversial later. Yet it is important to remember …

… and hear Obama and learn more about him, they became more comfortable with the notion of his leadership in the White … principally as janitors, elevator operators, or cleaning ladies. It was difficult to imagine an African American as … they have watched many blacks delivering the news on CNN or commenting on television about the recent elections.   The …

… and political crimes. One can only hope that subsequent studies follow up on the leads the author has provided. The … politicians, arms dealers, and bureaucrats, among others, committed heretofore underappreciated crimes in the waning … none of the men I interviewed suggested that they were completely blameless, they did give the impression that any …

… programs. These recent developments no doubt bring comfort to some. But we can't rest easy. The dangers of … With the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967, that goal was accomplished. Latin America is now a nuclear weapon free zone. … program. Should Iran ever possess nuclear weapons, the future government of Iraq may be tempted to do so as well. …

… in 2003. Mars, the red planet so close to Earth, has become a tantalizing target for humans to visit. Noted space … Elon Musk recently released plans to colonize Mars in the coming decades, using a network of space hardware to get … canyon system slicing much of the planet, later called Valles Marineris. Layered ice deposits showed up at the …

… it. Halfway through his first term, he secretly decided to complete American troop withdrawals around election time. … off final withdrawal. If Bush follows the Nixon game plan completely, next year he will launch a big bombing campaign … 1971 trip to Beijing, he told the Chinese that if the Communists overthrew the South Vietnamese government after …

… in the Sejm (Parliament) and the newly-formed Senate to non-Communist candidates. The Polish elections laid the … forge ahead with their efforts to remove their Soviet-led communist parties from power, a process that would be fully … suggests this might be an advantageous route to take in the future in order to further US interests abroad, and …

… that day, Desmond became the target of a racist incident, a common event for Blacks in Canada. Her decision to challenge … programs, Desmond earned a teacher’s certificate by completing a provincial test. She was required to teach in a … and a public opinion survey on the Bank of Canada website is indicative of a willingness to acknowledge a …

… that are landmark moments in baseball’s evolution as a commercial enterprise and its adaptation to the significant … on its final swing. The powerhouse Yankees – featuring future Hall of Famers Whitey Ford (who threw two … respective champions met in a World Series that featured future Hall of Famers Judy Johnson, Biz Mackey, and Bullet …

… 1939 to over two million in 1945 (64). This process was accompanied by considerable growing pains. Indian troops … it could be made to produce wartime goods without unduly competing with Britain (89). Early in the war, India’s … do occasionally include perspectives from ordinary soldiers that add a welcome human element to the fighting. …

… a battle fought here at home. The advocates of containing communism clearly defeated those led by General Douglas … of peace were so soon forgotten. The fear of change still combines with fear of recurring threats to make the United … or conquest. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… vaccines and by the concerns raised by now-discredited studies that linked vaccines and autism. And as vaccination … was brought to New England by Cotton Mather and Zabdiel Boylston in 1721. Following the development of … child as a man stands outside with a cow (from the Wellcome Trust). The term vaccination comes from variolae …

… Historical analogies, comparing something in the present with what appears to be … equal. Some are better — or at least more useful when it comes to seeking guidance from history — than others. A case … had written “Profiles in Courage,” a book composed of studies of Americans who had stood fast under pressure. In …

… RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … of resources, the Arabian Peninsula would at times become over-populated. This led to mass migrations across the … Sudanese writer al-Sadiq al Raziqui wrote on Al-Jazeera’s website that mercenaries returning from  Yemen in 2019 were …

… of personal virtue, but not a sufficient basis for a sound comprehensive energy policy,” he turned his back on a major … shares with the early conservationists an optimism about a future well-managed through technology.  But the profound … D. Keith Naylor is an associate professor of religious studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles and a writer for …

… of the Second World War began. More than four million combatants fought in the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad … armies. Over 1.8 million became casualties. More Soviet soldiers died in the five-month battle than Americans in the entire …

… President Clinton’s commission on race relations is dead on arrival. Most Americans had wished it success. They had hoped that commission members’ resolve and wisdom would move attention … is a professor of African American history at San Diego State University. His most recent book is "Seeing Red: …

… story, the myth relegates that city’s more interesting, complicated history to the margins. Ian Worthington’s latest … here in a mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, died in 323 BCE, which incited confusion and revolt in … between Athens and Rome poignantly illustrate Athens’ complicated relationship with the rest of the Mediterranean …

… President Obama went to Egypt ten days ago to create common ground between America and Islam. In the process he … of American independence in 1778. He also reminded his audience of the U.S.-Tripoli treaty of 1796-97, which denied … justify attacking European ships.   Speaking to his Cairo audience, President Obama had good reasons to use Moroccan …

… in between. Historians have traditionally focused on the outcomes of “the chiefs now in this city,” namely, treaties. … was a man who traveled with an escort of Pennsylvania soldiers; who insisted on not only an interpreter but a clerk … near the New Lutheran Church, 1800. Teedyuscung died in a suspicious fire that engulfed his home city in the …

… who make up the Religious Right, faith is important when it comes to moral issues such as abortion and homosexual … called such behavior “virtue.” Personal sacrifice for the common good would provide a necessary check to the selfishness that could easily arise when people become obsessed with individual rights. Civic humanism and …