List of History articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Scotland’s Tricky Choice
Self-determination doesn't necessarily mean freedom. Can an independent Scotland achieve both?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Ghosts of Beslan
Why the memory of a mass hostage-taking -- and the botched rescue attempt that followed -- continues to haunt Russia.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Like That Israel Has the Bomb? Blame Nixon.
Newly declassified documents reveal how the Nixon White House looked the other way while Israel built the Middle East’s first nukes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 License to Kill
Never underestimate the power of rage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Those Tricky Germans
A few too many years under the Deutsche Demokratische Republik can wreak havoc on a moral compass.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Polygyny a Slave to History?
How the slave trade patterns of centuries ago are still shaping African marriages today.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Playing Nostradamus
Big data show that history does indeed repeat itself. What does that mean for foreign policymaking -- and tackling crises from Ukraine to Syria?