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… intervene in humanitarian crises abroad, or whether a multinational force can be developed to do that job. Democratic … action through the Security Council. And except for the Soviet Union’s colossal slip-up in not vetoing U.N. entry into the …

… issues of race and racism remain as urgent as ever to our national conversation. Four scholars discuss such questions … Now there are times such as here in Ohio, it comes into the union, that we think we are on the right side of history. … When we not only have an explicit link of Jews with the Soviet state, but we also have this racial threat that we …

… Africa, to unite his country behind the success of the national team. Unexpectedly, the home squad provided just … diplomatic efforts, including consultation with the African Union and the Southern African Development Community. "This … who were the highlight. They stood and sang the national anthem, they made their vuvuzelas sing in unison -- …

… for their own ends. But Madison ignored the merits of national parties: the country’s greatest crisis, the Civil … limits the amount of money individuals, corporations, unions and other organizations can give to the national … as the National Rifle Association, the Sierra Club and unions) from advertising within 60 days of an election. The …

… in order to both understand and use that growth to promote nationalism, maps representing American history became the … the ideas that brought about a turn toward mapping history. Nationalism, manifest destiny, and modernization frame the … maps that explained the first one-hundred years of national history. Schulten shows in "Mapping the Present" …

… for warmth, a dozen Russian explorers had just raised their national colors, ceremoniously opening the first Russian … the Russian imagination. Polar explorers—especially the Soviet-era pioneers from the 1930s, who led the world in … achievements, honors, and global renown—and also the Soviet Union's Arctic pilots. For their record-breaking flights …

… Lien-Hang Nguyen's new book Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam is … web that includes North Vietnam, South Vietnam, China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Laos, Cambodia, France, and the …

… But not until the 20th century did modern concepts of international sanctions—a collective denial of economic access … cooperate in limiting the exports of strategic goods to the Soviet bloc in the ultimately unfulfilled hope of … combining the African diaspora, white liberals, and trade unions, sanctions seemed to offer a nonviolent way to force …

… contempt, to cynicism, to gratitude. Chinese Dreams and The National Museum What is sometimes overlooked in discussions … is the context in which Xi gave the original speech—the National Museum of China. Xi Jinping (surrounded by other … Politburo members) giving his “China Dream” speech at the National Museum of China, Nov. 29, 2012.  Xi gave the speech …

… and a shrewd administrator at the highest levels of national politics, but his speech, entitled “Large-Scale … to begin construction, 1954. The date is significant. The Soviet Union’s Cold War military rivalry with the United States …

… decision to abolish slavery moved from military strategy to national policy, and whether it was more his decision or … to avoid the competition of slave labor, it entered the union as a free state the following year. "The balance of … strengthened the influence of those who clamored for disunion." Showing how California's story both shaped and …

… that greets both tourists and researchers at the National Archives in Washington D.C. The phrase is meant to … War. Closely connected, when the Civil War ended and the Union had won. Many female abolitionists believed that women … socialism and communism that they watched develop in the Soviet Union. This was the era of McCarthyism, after all, in …

… No longer concerned about a clash of arms with the old Soviet Union, America today faces new challenges to its security. … Bush administration is now deciding America’s future international security strategy and the size and structure of the …

… d'analyser le parcours du pays depuis la chute de l'Union soviétique et de se souvenir qu'on ne revient jamais … paradoxalement pour le moment, par l'autoritarisme et le nationalisme. Il faut également rappeler à quel point la … qu'il s'agisse de l'espace anciennement soviétique, de l'Union européenne ou des pays émergents. Les raisons du …

… strategists.  During the  Cold War (1947-1991),  the Soviet Union was the most visible and feared socialist state. … CCP, backed by the USSR) and the Guomindang’s (GMD) Chinese nationalists (a capitalist regime ultimately backed by the …

… This dubious milestone deserves much more attention. The national debt exploded as the result of ongoing federal … programs led to creation of the European Payments Union (EPU) in 1950, which administered Marshall Plan funds … for Western Europe. Incidentally, the European Payments Union threw the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) a …

… the assumption that multiethnic nationhood, which African nationalists constructed from the inherited colonial … full-blown civil war between Biafra and the rest of the union. With its massive air power and large army, the … weighed in on the conflict: Great Britain and the Soviet Union openly sided with the Federal Government of …

… In July 1956, the international order was disrupted by the Suez Crisis, a … anti-Western nationalism across the region and give the Soviet Union an opportunity for political gain. President Dwight D. …

… is a key characteristic of how Americans view their national history and the evolution of U.S. society—an … histories, and continues to shape understandings of their national identities. And the idea of Hacer América —the … centuries, Latin America was a primary destination for international migrants from all over the world. With the dawning …

… in Nuremberg, Germany, was a hub of activity. The International Military Tribunal (IMT)—the first major effort to … from the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union—the four major Allied powers—had worked together, at …

… Wiggins  President Obama thrust Cuba-US relations into the national spotlight with the historic announcement in … spent time to write and fish, where the US and the Soviet Union perhaps came closest to nuclear warfare, and where a …

… participate in the 1980 Moscow Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; the Soviet bloc retaliated … joint talk show that “there is no sex in the Soviet Union. We are categorically against it!” Her reference was … to “the revision of norms of morality and ethics and erase national traditions.” Russia, Olympics, and Homosexuality …

… colonial administrators, postcolonial development experts, nationalists, eugenicists, feminists, and family planners … which demonized some women’s reproduction as the cause of national and planetary catastrophe. To tell this story, … poverty and crises of subsistence, migration and claims of national sovereignty, normative heterosexuality and drives …

… President Bush is responding to national disaster by assuming the mantle of Presidents … 11 was the clearest proof that, despite the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War gave us no real security. The Cold War …