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… arms trader in the world, was convicted in a New York court and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Bout, a … in operations to deliver weapons to various combatants in Africa. By his own admission, he had flown weapons to … of traffic, another route flowed from the Persian Gulf into South and Central Asia beginning in the second half of the …

… Karl Rove’s recent “cut and run” accusations against the Bush administration’s … September 1950, three months after the initial invasion of South Korea, had he accepted the status quo ante bellum … entered the war and almost drove the UN forces off the southern tip of the Korean peninsula. Had Truman been …

… Map of the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. This year marks the 70 th anniversary … a wave of decolonization that spread across Asia and Africa. Yet alongside the victories of independence came the … of violence that shaped the origins of both nations, the South Asian subcontinent remains marked by that fateful …

… to news accounts, Jason Kessler, a former journalist and current member of the ultra-nationalist group the Proud … when Confederate monuments began popping up all over the South in the early decades of the 20 th  century. Many … Crow, a legal, political, and cultural system that denied African Americans their place in the American polity. In the …

… nation expressed shock at Republican Congressman Joe Wilson and his “You lie!” outburst at President Obama, South Carolinians doubtless recognized it for what it was: … busy defending segregation and opposing civil rights for African Americans, segregation’s great champion found time …

… the Florida State University campus, taking down trees and utility lines before making landfall near Biloxi, … exploration, trade, warfare, and colonization, including Africa, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of … South & Central America …

… of research in Senegal's national archives, in the coastal African country's capital of Dakar. The archives reside in … Senghor, across the street from the presidential palace and around the corner from the National Assembly. The night … his prime minister to succeed him. That was remarkable for Africa, which as a continent rarely sees incumbent leaders …

… Policy published a report detailing the failure of global and national illicit-drugs policies and urging a fundamental … mingled with their counterparts from Mexico and Central and South America. This wealth—coupled with Havana's renowned … and United Kingdom as Colombians are using unstable West African states as transit nodes. In addition, Colombians are …

… As the world grapples with the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 , it is important to remember that this … pneumonia was reported in the Guangdong province of southern China. According to the World Health Organization … spread to 26 countries across four continents (North and South America, Europe, and Asia) over the following eight …

… eye of a political storm that toppled French colonialism in Southeast Asia, exposing the shallow logic of the Cold War, and rallying anti-colonial views throughout the global South, Ho Chi Minh remains one of the most important figures … East Asia & Southeast Asia …

… Liberation War, a short-lived conflict between India and Pakistan that established the People’s Republic of … the war is best remembered for its dramatic alteration of South Asia’s geopolitical landscape, it also bears a more … from the British empire in 1947 . At that time, the South Asian subcontinent was partitioned into two countries: …

… Inflation has long been the great scourge of Argentina and its people. From 1944 to 2015, Argentina averaged a 204 … since 1991, making it the second-highest inflation rate in South America next to Venezuela. “Everyone is already … (cattle owners) who exported their salted beef to feed both African slaves in the sugar fields of  Brazil and Cuba and …

… Republic of China’s (PRC) regularly projects its economic and technological power via a military show of force for its territorial claims in the South China Sea and the West Pacific—especially  Taiwan … the CCP/PRC. Shortly after  North Korea ’s invasion of the South, Truman ordered the Seventh Fleet to the Taiwan Strait …

… global game. The sport debuted at the Olympics in 1904, and professional play in Japan began in the 1920s. Nowadays, … return to television in the United States was the KBO from South Korea . Dominican young men play for their local … which arrived in 1972 after a court case brought by African American player Curt Flood made it all the way to …

… leadership than comparison of John F. Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban missile crisis with George W. Bush’s … in Cuba before deploying troops to American ships and to southeastern states. To avoid creating a public panic, he … discussions of evacuation or distribution of food to the Southeast, which was most vulnerable to attack. Knowing that …

… History Talk podcast, your new hosts Eric Michael Rhodes and Lauren Henry speak with two experts — Jennifer Eaglin and Pedro Cantisano — about the rise of Bolsonaro, his place … , Top Ten Origins: Brazil's Presidential Elections , and South America’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Wakes: Brazil’s 2010 …

… of the Bush administration’s catastrophic policy in that South American country. The U.S. channeling of millions of … of President Hugo Chavez’s regime, is hugely destabilizing and will foster great acrimony and distrust between the two … on Latin America (NACLA) and the author of "Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left" (2008). …