History

A refusal to confront colonial atrocities persists in the Netherlands.

The presidential historian Timothy Naftali notes there’s no historical precedent for delaying an election, even in the middle of major wars, but Trump’s Republican Party is all about holding on to power.

Western strategists need to learn some new history. Here are eight suggestions from Asia.

Ancient notions of authority show where U.S. policing went wrong.

Chinese history shows that where soldiers march, plague follows.

From the Berlin Wall to Confederate monuments, destroying a historic marker means destroying a learning opportunity.

The United States can learn from the graveyards of fallen regimes worldwide.

In the middle of the biggest international crisis ever since, it’s time to admit what the war was—and wasn’t.

Western strategists keep falling for myths of invincible barbarians.

Western democracies may lose the coronavirus propaganda war, but China certainly won’t win it.

Every era gets the infectious diseases—and the resulting political upheaval—it has coming.

Hovertrains were meant to revolutionize British transport. But they never arrived.

When societies shift their economies to a war footing, it doesn’t just help them survive a crisis—it alters them forever.

If you're locked inside, thank the British Empire for the laws that make it possible.

As the government cracks down on Holocaust remembrance, the country’s Jewish art scene is thriving like never before.

The Russian president’s amateur history lessons are outraging neighboring countries. While he is right to criticize a recent EU Parliament resolution, his historical revisionism doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

The special relationship between the two countries traces back to a personal debt incurred by Sultan Qaboos.

New research debunks the theory that wars are becoming less deadly and less frequent.

Fragments of the wall have become museum pieces. But with the rise of extremist parties in Germany, the debate over the barrier’s legacy is anything but history.

The former royal family lost countless artworks, palaces, and wealth in the 20th century. But were they victims—or enablers of the Nazis?