Nationalism and Empire in China: World War I
World War I was not merely a conflict over colonial possessions; it was a global contest between empires governed by...
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The 80th General Assembly will be an Inflection Point for the UN
From Fidel Castro’s four-hour anti-Capitalist tirade in 1960, to Muammar el-Qaddafi’s bizarre 2009 defense of Somali piracy, the United Nations...
What the Backlash Against Mamdani Reveals About Islamophobic Panic
Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset has sparked an intense wave of political outrage, from politicians predicting another 9/11 to referring to...
The Snap That Shook Seoul: Tracking the Tremors of the South Korean Election
On June 3, 2025, South Koreans went to the polls in the throes of a political whiplash. Just weeks after...
Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Jihadist Past Points to a Russian Future for Syria Unless Europe Acts
The former leader of a Salafi-Jihadist group with prior links to Al-Qaeda is Syria’s current interim president. Once a frequent...
27 Years After “The Troubles,” Northern Ireland Remains at the Intersection of Religion and Politics
Although the April 1998 peace deal known as the Good Friday Agreement was supposed to have resolved the conflict in...
Bringing Back the Nineteenth Century Won’t Save Men
Over the past month, the world watched in shock as President Trump introduced a tariff regime that promised to upend...
The Silence of Others: A Nation’s Pact of Forgetting and the Endurance of Memory
The Silence of Others begins with a quiet act of remembrance: María Martín, an elderly woman, kneels by the side...
Digging Ourselves Deeper: When Climate Action Mimics Extraction
President Trump’s desire to annex Greenland is not wholly a national security strategy. With the autonomous territory’s ice sheet losing...
A Decade Down the Nuclear Silk Road: The Search for Balance
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects, known as the Belt and Road...