News Abroad

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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. 

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• 6/16/19
  

  The Origins of American Hegemony in East and Southeast Asia – And Why China Challenges It Today

  by Wen-Qing Ngoei

  Examining the origins of American hegemony in this region helps us better understand the history of the Cold War. 

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• 6/16/19
  

  Why is Brazil so American?

  by Marcos Sorrilha Pinheiro

  Given Brazil's history, it is fully understandable that its current president, a retired military man from the Brazilian middle class, has a genuine admiration for Trump and his followers. 

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• 6/16/19
  

  The Vatican's Latest Official Document Is An Insult to the LGBTQ Community and History

  by Ed Simon

  Our understandings of romance, family, sexuality, and gender have been in flux in the past – within the Church no less – and no amount of thundering about “How the Vatican views it now is how it has always been” can change that.

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• 6/2/19
  

  Depicting the Devil: How Propaganda Posters Portrayed Nazi Ideology

  by Albinko Hasic

  The poster became a cheap transmitter of these various messages and combined visual arts with psychological methods to incessantly repeat Nazi ideologies to the German public. 

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• 6/2/19
  

  Beijing’s Tiananmen Square Massacre

  by Steven Knipp

  30 years later, it still haunts Hong Kong.

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• 6/2/19
  

  Remembering Rome's Liberation

  by Gregory Sumner

  Amid the anniversary of the D-Day invasion, it is important to note, too, the anniversary of an event that unfolded just two days earlier: the Allied liberation of Rome. 

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• 5/26/19
  

  The Chinese Threat to American Higher Education

  by Mark S. Ferrara

  As President Trump’s nationalistic rhetoric and restrictive immigration policies have resulted in a 10 percent drop in international student enrollments on American campuses, China’s “Double First Class” plan aims to make forty-two of its universities into world-class institutions by 2050.

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• 5/19/19
  

  Why Do People Join Extremist Organizations?

  by B.Z. Khasru

  It didn’t take long after the suicide bombings that hit Sri Lanka over Easter Sunday for an old question to resurface: What motivated the attackers?

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• 5/19/19
  

  History Does Not Bode Well for President Trump’s Peace Plan

  by Yoav J. Tenembaum

  History has taught us that every attempt by the United States to settle the Arab Israeli conflict by advancing its own peace plan has failed.    

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• 5/19/19
  

  To Prevent Brain Drain, Kosovo Must Eradicate Corruption

  by Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra

  On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the end of Kosovo war, the country is facing a dramatic large-scale brain drain.

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• 5/9/19
  

  Protesting with her Feet: The World’s Fastest Middle-Distance Woman versus Sports Governing Bodies

  by Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie

  A deeper look into athletics, gender, and Caster Semenya. 

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• 5/7/19
  

  How Chinese History Restarted 100 Years Ago

  by Peter Zarrow

  On Sunday, May 4, 1919, some 3,000 students assembled at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest the Versailles Treaty that ended World War I. 

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• 4/28/19
  

  The Notre-Dame Fire and Digital Preservation

  by Deirdre Ryan

  We have the technology in hand to preserve what is most precious to our past. Our challenge is to make this a priority.