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As tensions rise over Taiwan, leaked documents on 1958 crisis reveal lessons for today
Two opposing armies stand on high alert, separated only by the sea. An amphibious invasion could be imminent....
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Looking back at a decade of revolution, authoritarian coups and lessons for U.S. democracy Ten years ago this...
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A lens on war frames an understanding of peace
Updated on Oct. 14, 2020 Photographer Gary Knight has documented war, but now he’s trying to understand peace. ...
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U.S.-Taliban deal falters amid Kabul government turmoil, renewed attacks
America’s longest war just got longer. Kabul plunged back into violence when gunmen opened fire at a ceremony...
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Stayin’ Alive: Disco, Impeachment and Iran
With the impeachment of the president and protests in the streets of Iran swirling in the news this...
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Revisiting the land of Cain and Abel in the time of Trump
Biblical tradition holds that northern Iraq is the land of Cain and Abel. And it is right there...
Jan 10, 2020
America and the Kurds: A history of tragedy and betrayal
The Trump White House’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria and clear the path for neighboring...
Oct 11, 2019
Where’s the transatlantic response to Russian meddling?
They are the two political cataclysms of our time — Brexit and Trump. And this week, we were...
Mar 29, 2019
Humanity lost, humanity found: 25 years after Rwanda’s genocide
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