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… On a sunny day in late April 2003 at a site about 150 km from the North Pole, Artur Chilingarov, … understand why there is all this noise in the international community. If anyone wants to plant a flag down there, … current competition is reawakening a profound Russian connection to the Arctic. As the historian John McCannon has …

… this troubled region. ( Image Source ) Check out a lesson plan based on this article: Foreign Policy and the 3 … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk produced by Origins, Current Events in … other hand, it is a majority Muslim country with strong connection to its Sunni identity so that two parts has been …

… are ruthlessly terrorizing Nuevo Laredo and other border communities. In the past, though, security-first strategies … with the drug trade. Since 2000, the United States has poured several billion dollars into Plan Colombia, the … trade. From a U.S. perspective, this means integrating the necessary security components of Plan Merida with the …

… the Alexander legends. The Egyptian tradition, for example, credited Nectanebo, the last historical pharaoh of Egypt (r. 360-343) … birth narrative takes a markedly different approach. It comes to us via Firdausi's Shahnameh (Book of Kings), …

… in putting the nation on display on the global stage. And coming up, Brazil : about to host to the 2014 World Cup and … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … and Leticia Wiggins. Find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu , and you can find us on Twitter, …

… collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asia has become an increasingly important pivot in international … threats as well as important possibilities. They are sites for a potential rise in radical Islam; for a freer … industry was the first to furnish the chemical products necessary for the transformation of opium into heroin, …

… us to order and explain the world, often serving as rationales for (in)action as well as explanations for success or … Distinguished Lecturer, Nichols is a frequent public commentator on U.S. politics and foreign policy. Nichols is … Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to "How does ideology drive US foreign relations?" …

… Nicholas Breyfogle Hello, and welcome to The Gospel of Judas: The Rediscovery of the Earliest … for money.  And yet, at the same time, what Judas did was necessary, part of God’s plan for the salvation of … mathematical texts is interesting. Are there other similar sites nearby or theories about the provenance? We had …

… on legal opinions from Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Professor John Yoo, then working in the White House, … insisted that there can be no limits to the power of the commander-in-chief in time of war. More recently the … in giving to those who administer each department, the necessary constitutional means, and personal motives, to …

… that followed the earthquake wiping out its business and commercial districts. Still the scope of the two disasters … advance warning the great loss of life in New Orleans was unnecessary. Add to that the prolonged distress of survivors, … sometime in the next fifty years California will be revisited by an event similar to the 1906 quake or the flooding …

… Jane Goodall and Birute Galdikas – three women who would become affectionately known as the “trimates.” Fossey’s … local communities. Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana: Site of the author's research and a growing ecotourism … it is clear that Fossey developed strong emotional connections to her research subjects. This violation of …

… They came from the East, from the West, from Europe to pour money into an American industry growing exponentially … reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … based on common sense, whether their subjects be web sites or cattle herds. The great market crash of Old West …

… to learn it? One stock answer is that history teaches "lessons." Trotting out George Santayana's hoary aphorism — … implausible. History can promote human improvement, I've come to believe, but not in the didactic or formulaic manner … our most basic assumptions, beliefs, and ideologies. It complicates our lives, making us wiser people if not wiser …

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … in other states. What is War? Peace? Insurgency? The necessary starting place is our understanding of the nature … and the US in Indochina gets a D-, for exactly the opposite reasons, the French in Algeria get a solid F. The …

… number of letters that prove he was no dummy. A historian’s complaint, however, is larger than chagrin at the number of … and used those talents to ease the way toward difficult and necessary national readjustments. A sunny temperament, like … He squandered this opportunity and instead led in the opposite direction, toward economic and population expansion …

… the Axis, operation Torch constituted the biggest and most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history.  … terrain separated the invasion’s three proposed landing sites in Morocco and Algeria. Stormy winter forecasts … More than 500 miles from Algiers, the drive to Tunis necessitated its own complex support effort contingent on …

… about nuclear weapons and who has them? How did the U.S. become so central in efforts to control them? And how can past … Dakota Rudesill - "MIRVs Matter: Banning Hydra-Headed Missiles in a New START II Treaty," Stanford Journal of … a lot of pressure to shoot first at them. That's the opposite of strategic stability. Strategic stability means the …

… On its “Milestones in UN History” website, the United Nations features smallpox eradication, … a stunning achievement and that description of how it was accomplished feels especially poignant today when faith in … in Europe,” so the Germans “might hesitate to set up the necessary virus factory owing to the danger of escape of …

… has denounced a Senate bill to extend an increased tax credit for children to the nation’s 6.5 million low-income families, and has buried the measure in another round … the poor such as Riley are pushing against the same obstacles that 18th-century opponents of slavery confronted: …

… was caused principally by spiking gasoline prices, tight credit and disappearing paychecks. But a deeper look shows … years when automobiles began to change from a toy to the necessity of the present day.   The first nationwide auto … starting to remake Maxwell Motors into his future Big Three company. In 1922, there was one registered passenger car or …

… also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … they both characterized the  U.S.-Mexico boundary as a site of  crisis.  They both suggested bolstering border … boundary . It allows us to think about the interconnectedness of communities, cities, and other locations that …

… greatest of the genre, “High Noon.”Ý Bush may be drawing lessons from the wrong Hollywood flick, though, for American … a villain and his henchmen threaten the safety of a western community, whose cowardly citizens cringe in the face of … friends and many enemies. The cynical cowboy lived in an ultra-violent society populated by warring gangs. To survive …

… National Park Service's call for public input to identify sites associated with César Chávez that are worthy of … for all Americans, not just those with a personal connection. Designating significant sites as national landmarks … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to …