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… Now the question again surfaces: will the international community be able to avoid the slide toward war? It remains … seen whether the United States, the world’s “sole remaining superpower,” has the vision and determination to take action … Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the …

… "For insight into the complicated and complicating events ... , one needs perspective, not … the foundations of today’s events, and explore the often complicated nature of a particular current event. Our …

… confirmation hearings are underway in the Senate Judiciary Committee, a rite of passage for Supreme Court nominees. … sound reasons why any vetting of court nominees should become more limited and less political. Senators should … to answer questions about her opinions on issues likely to come before the court. The Founding Fathers did not think …

… by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which abuts … and in territories on the West Bank of the Jordan River completed local elections under the supervision of democratically elected President Muhammad …

… to get voters registered. He realized that if he were to become the city’s first African American elected mayor he … demonstrates the distance that the people of Chicago have come since Washington’s election. Like it or not, though, …

… in southeast Asia, fully hopeful of joining the world community of free and independent nations. Burma is little … intervening years, Burma’s hope for freedom has been embodied in that brave woman. Thinking that more than a decade … in southeast Asia, Burma’s $1,200 per capita annual income is now a fifth of that of neighboring Thailand, below …

… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to … been stationed in Hungary since 1944. Since his Hungarian Communist Party took power in 1948, Rákosi had presided over … troops supported by Hungarian security forces. Red Army soldiers and other emblems of Soviet repression were among the …

… Time, transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the Works of Death, Desolation, and Tyranny already … not be “defecting” to the enemy, because they are not soldiers. The dangers of using a private army are clear. … the Iraq adventure such that we don’t want marines and soldiers in this kind of “harm’s way.” Do we want mercenaries …

… With charges of fraud flying, Congress set up an electoral commission to settle the issue of who would be the next president. The commissioners were supposed to be like the original … Electors: dispassionate and independent. In reality, the commission split along party lines with an eight-to-seven …

… the Second World War. Glassheim notes that with the end of combat in Europe in 1945, the borderlands of Czechoslovakia … recounts the long history of German and Czechoslovakian competition to define the Sudetenland each in its own in … “always a foreign ulcer in our body.” That "ulcer" was remedied in Most by way of a forced “cleansing” or “liquidation” …

… it remains unclear how exactly Morris chose his case studies. Merely examining five actual presidents (Washington, … of the presidency itself has changed, making his comparisons something of an apples and oranges exercise.  … detractors” might say. Again, historians who have studied these questions would find most of this facile and …

… a villain and his henchmen threaten the safety of a western community, whose cowardly citizens cringe in the face of … Lebanon to save it from destructive fighting, American soldiers became the targets of warring parties; 241 Marines died in a terrorist bombing, and Reagan quickly pulled out …

… ahead of any other national team. In view of the tremendous competition associated with the world’s favorite sport, … many Europeans and Latin Americans, such as socialism and communism, failed to draw a significant following in Brazil. … much of the population. Some critics of Brazilian society complain about the people’s passion for soccer and lack of …

… or on appealing to independents? Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential … perform under the pressure of a presidential campaign could complicate their chances.   It’s not that citizens base … repeated questions regarding his qualifications before he compared his experience to that of John Kennedy in 1960. …

… ancient Mesopotamian history. The bearded warrior kings and completely shaven priestly classes established a clear … between the burly natural man and the submissively shaven supernatural.  This dichotomy between fighting facial hair … Ages evolved into the Renaissance , the history of beards becomes far more tangled.  Influential figures like Henry VIII …

… year of anticipating “Y2K” has served to remind us that the computers we call “personal” actually answer to specialized … American life has resulted in decreasing measures of both competence and control by ordinary citizens over the vital … Yorkers, at least, mixed their surprise with a reserve of composure and patience that many believed had long since …

… slave trade. While the anniversary passed without too much comment in the United States, it was commemorated widely in … Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, is also a founding member of the Black & Asian Studies Association in the UK. After Abolition makes the claim …

… industrial power in the Railroad Age. Like so many complex cases decided under that statute, this one will take … modern conditions. But the procedures of the act, which commit antitrust decisions to the judiciary and the … that Justice Potter Stewart famously remarked that the only common theme he could see in merger cases was that “the …

… Howard Dean’s current bid to chair the Democratic National Committee is a test case of his political viability. It’s … consumption, but originally directed at a much smaller audience. Several politicians provide excellent examples of … by his spirited speech. Should the Democratic National Committee chairmen elect him as its new head Feb. 12, it …

… bilateral trade, illegal immigration, and joint efforts to combat drug trafficking. Political reform in Mexico should … these words of praise ring hollow. Zedillo has shown little commitment to reform. In fact, he recently supported … a genuine democrat and ensures continued support. Once it becomes apparent no substantive reform is likely, we place our …

… by a massive drought. Millions were forced to flee their communities in search of food, but there was little to find. … for children.   Herbert Hoover, then U.S. secretary of commerce, responded.   Hoover quickly gained support from … bandits. The word desperation is an understatement when it comes to the plight of Somali refugees.   The first …