News Abroad

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• 10/15/19
  

  An Act of Betrayal and Infamy

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  To think that the President would sell America’s interests and abandon its allies for the sake of personal financial gain is not merely outrageous but criminal. 

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• 10/6/19
  

  The Middle East: Must We Fight Forever?

  by Harlow Giles Unger

  Almost 235 years have elapsed since John Adams warned against America’s first military involvement in the Arab world. The United States today seems well on the way to fulfilling Adams’s prophecy that we will “fight them forever.”

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• 9/29/19
  

  Climate Change: A Worldwide Catastrophe In The Making

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  The United Nations Climate Action Summit revealed how far presidents and prime ministers are willing to go avoid the terrible consequences of global warming.

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• 9/22/19
  

  The Long History of Activism Preceding The Hong Kong Democracy Protests

  by Susan Blumberg-Kason

  For the last 100 years, Hong Kong has seen mass protests. They'll only stop when people feel they have a voice in government. 

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• 9/15/19
  

  Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Prince Albert

  by Seán Williams

  This year historians, tourists, and a fair few locals will be celebrating in Schloss Roseau. Why?

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• 9/15/19
  

  The Stasi's Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church

  by Elisabeth Braw

  How the Stasi infiltrated churches to suppress dissent in the German Democratic Republic.

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• 9/8/19
  

  Hindus-Muslim clash 72 years after Britain left India

  by B. Z. Khasru

  In light of India's recent decision to annex the Muslim-majority Kashmir state, it's important to understand the region's history. 

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• 9/1/19
  

  The Latest G-7 Summit Showcases Trump's Foreign Policy Failures

  by Walter L. Hixson

  There is still time for Trump to reverse his legacy of diplomatic ineptitude. If he fails to do so he may well go down in history as the most feckless foreign policy president in American history.

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• 9/1/19
  

  Searching for El Dorado: The Colonial Fantasy of the Amazon

  by Ed Simon

  There is a direct ideological thread that runs from the early explorers of the Caribbean and South America and the current environmental catastrophe unfolding in the Brazilian rainforest as fire burns its way across the length of a land which was once called paradise. 

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• 91/1/9
  

  Where Are the Hong Kong Protests Headed?

  by Kevin M. Shanley

  After ten weeks of protest by students and others in Hong Kong the crisis seems to be spiraling toward a tragic climax.

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• 8/26/19
  

  50 Years ago, the KGB weaponized the fire at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque to sow discord between Israel and the United States

  by Oren Nahari

  This discovery comes from a document obtained by historians Isabella Ginor  and Gideon Remez. A rent-a-crowd protest in India was aimed to affect the Egyptian-Israeli War of Attrition.

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• 8/25/19
  

  World War II – the first great ‘food war’

  by Julian Cribb

  It is an oft-overlooked fact of history that World War II was originally fought chiefly over food and the means to produce it.

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• 8/25/19
  

  Winter Isn’t Coming. Prepare for the Pyrocene.

  by Steve Pyne

  What does a full-blown fire age look like? We’re about to find out.

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• 8/18/19
  

  “This letter is the last that I write to you:" The Courage of Youth Resisters in World War 2 France

  by Ronald C. Rosbottom

  Young people's impatience, their perceptive view of a better tomorrow, their faith in the power of solidarity, and their energetic fearlessness reminds us adults that change is possible. 

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• 8/11/19
  

  Can Muslims get a fair shake in India?

  by B.Z. Khasru

  By scraping Kashmir's special autonomy status, Modi has taken a dangerous step toward implementing the vision of his ultra-nationalist party's spiritual guru, the late V.D. Savarkar.

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• 8/18/19
  

  When Clowns Rule the World

  by Michael A. Genovese

  Why are so many world leaders today literal or figurative clowns? Our century has ushered in the Age of the Clown Politician.

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• 7/31/19
  

  All the world’s a stage when you’re Boris Johnson basking in the no-deal-Brexit spotlight

  by Esau Williams

  Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, the boy who once said he wanted to be ‘world king,’ has finally realized his life-long ambition of becoming British Prime Minister.

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• 7/28/19
  

  Racism in America: What We Can Learn from Germany’s Struggle with Its Own Evil History

  by James Thornton Harris

  If slavery is the "interstate highway system of the American past," it has yet to appear on the cultural road map of most Americans. 

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• 7/28/19
  

  Is Stonehenge a Tourist Rip-Off?

  by Ken West

  If Stonehenge is to be restored to its rightful heritage then it must be reengaged with the River Avon and its tribal lands. Only then can we interpret the astounding achievement of these prehistoric people.   

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• 7/7/19
  

  Fictional History, Patriotism, and the Fight for Scottish Independence

  by LuAnn McCracken Fletcher

  As promoters of Scotland as a tourist destination continue to embrace “tartan heritage” in an effort to support Scotland’s important tourist industry, they unwittingly reinforce a version of history that serves the purpose of political propaganda, rather than disseminating a nuanced understanding of Scotland’s past.