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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 19, 2023
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
What International Law Has to Say About the Israel-Hamas War
Hamas’s attack on Israel and the ensuing war in the Gaza Strip raise a host of questions about the combatants’ legal obligations.
October 21, 2021
United States
Colin Powell's American Life
Alone among US President George W. Bush’s senior advisers, Colin Powell did not push for the costly, ill-advised Iraq War, and it would be misreading history to hold him responsible for it. He remain…
November 13, 2023
Liberia
History Casts a Long Shadow Over Liberia’s Democracy
As Liberia heads to a closely contested runoff election, the possibilities are decidedly limited.
December 14, 2023
United States
The Humbling of Henry Kissinger
The truth is that his tenure as secretary of state was often rocky, and as full of setbacks as acclaim.
July 16, 2023
United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s
The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…
January 3, 2020
Iran
America Must Be Ready For Iranian Retaliation
The assassination of Qassem Suleimani may have been legally justifiable but was not strategically prudent.
