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… In the fall of 1984, Dr. Brigitte Vasset stood in the midst of … famine . As international aid entered the country, the Derg was allowed to continue its destructive war tactics. The … to cynicism, donor fatigue, and unintended consequences when aid actually makes the situation worse. By not trying …

… As national governments and the global scientific community struggle to contain the … world found itself at war once again. This time, the enemy was far deadlier, moving invisibly through society. The … influenza in the camp…There was bound to be something wrong when the boys begun to die by the hundreds.” Governmental …

… In April 2012, Viktor Bout, perhaps the single biggest private arms trader in the world, was convicted in a New York court and sentenced to … guns and 28 million cartridges shipped from Hamburg. When Bodosakis received Spanish requests for arms, he passed …

… On August 28th, America will commemorate the anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was one of the … are considered poor. The numbers are equally disconcerting when it comes to unemployment as the jobless rate for …

… On August 15, Venezuela will face the most important election in its history. It’s a critical … seize the opportunity to support democracy in Venezuela. When Venezuelans return to the polls on Aug. 15, the United … again. It is a strange irony that the very same people in Washington who lauded the military coup against President …

… Ronald Reagan’s death, like the death of any president, raises the question of how he’ll … top ten — Bill Clinton (3), for example, outpolled George Washington (7) — seem unlikely to hold over the long term. … may never come to pass, but it’s still safe to say that when the history of the 20th century is written, the 40th …

… On October 1, 1949,  Mao Zedong (1893-1976) stood on the rostrum of Tian’anmen (The Gate of Heavenly Peace) and … balance of power in China. In 1937, the Chinese Civil War was temporarily halted as the two parties formed the Second … foreign invasions, culminating in the establishment of a socialist state that would play a central role both in World …

… for words. Indeed, for historians of Native America, the way words are used to frame the Native past is critical. … ties of kinship linked together larger collectives. There was not historically (nor is there in the present day) one … as well as Cuba. In the end, the complexity of terms fades when the narrative emerges beyond the middle nineteenth …

… of this month at his ranch in Crawford, Tex. By fleeing the White House, he continues a tradition of more than 200 … vacation can also help shape a great president. Washington became the nation’s capital in June 1800. … be this: Lincoln was one president who rested easiest when he was busy listening and learning. Matthew Pinsker …

… Looking back over the stories relating to China that have appeared on the … near future) than those associated with Taipei (where it was feared only months ago that Beijing missiles might fly … bars, there can be much worse enemies to have than one who, when aiming across the seas, usually tends to end up doing …

… Dressed in white gowns, the group of Russian pilgrims gathered silently by the steps … the river.” Her audience nodded and one girl complained it was too hot. The Russian baptism ritual completed, the … “stands on great vaults which are high enough for the times when the Jordan is in flood.” The sick and disabled also …

… As the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk … and technological advances of the time. Salonika was a great example of Ottoman cosmopolitanism (more than … East. 1 Not all Ottoman Turkish sources were available when the book was written. For instance, Presidential …

… Joseph Roisman’s  The Classical Art of Command: Eight Greek Generals Who … to provide case studies that show what Greek generalship was in the Classical Age. His rubric for measuring the … for later Greeks. Indeed, he even undermines his own claims when he notes that “it was rare for a Greek general to …

… In April 1896, participants from 14 countries converged on Athens to compete in a festival that was simultaneously ancient and modern. An artist's … to celebrate the London 2012 Summer Olympics. At the outset when the Games were relatively small, this did not prove …

… vial with smallpox virus. Outbreaks of measles across the globe have once again set off the great debate over … dangerous diseases not only locally but globally. The Earth was declared smallpox-free in 1980; in 2000, the United … Neither vaccine, however, was used on humans. This changed when Pasteur developed a rabies vaccine after long …

… “The two most far-sighted and influential political figures … – not to mention a remarkable degree of luck. Such a person was Liu Bang, who rose from obscurity to be crowned emperor … he was famously said to have ordered his chamberlain, when asked about the implementation of courtly etiquette. He …

… The War of the Pacific (1879-1884), which pitted Chile … Spanish-South American War (1864-1866). Initially, nitrate was largely exploited in the Peruvian Tarapacá region, but, … mainly led by Chilean and British companies. The mineral was used both as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of …

… guests Ayse Baltacioglu-Brammer and Patrick Scharfe on the the civil war in Syria, which continues to dominate … to power into a 1970 as the first president. And he is, he was coming from a relatively well off family, Alawite family … and the state in that manner. Leticia Wiggins  And when did this state feminism, as we term it, develop and is …

… By the end of February 1945, the Philippine capital of Manila … republic soon after, but the U.S. Army awaited word from Washington as to the political status of the Philippines. … in a vain attempt to halt the bombardment. Nevertheless, when the fighting ebbed, civilians swarmed the American …

… In the early morning of May 13, 1862, several enslaved … the city. The architect of this daring escape to freedom was Robert Smalls, whose leadership and courage would go on … Carolinians . They could not be totally reversed, however. When Robert Smalls passed away on February 23, 1915, he died …

… There is perhaps no greater challenge facing humanity (and … the planet. At other times in the Earth history, climate was much warmer, with no ice caps or glaciers at all. Many … climatologist Michael Mann and colleagues was controversial when first released in 1999. However, the temperature trend …

… Situated atop a large hill at an altitude of 5000 feet, the ancient city of Monte Albán was the Zapotec civilization’s cultural, political, and … surrounding Oaxaca City. Oaxacans look forward to the day when the daily wage they receive accords with the wealth of …

… October 30, 1938. The first signs were those explosions.  The news interrupted … at regular intervals on the planet Mars.”  Whatever was happening, the gas was moving at enormous speed straight … on the audience was generally undermined in the 1950s, when the heirs to Cantril’s Princeton Radio Project …