List of History articles
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A crowd of people wave Palestinian flags under a dim sky at dusk as they gather around a statue of late South African President Nelson Mandela with his fist raised in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. What South Africa Really Won at the ICJ
For much of the world, Pretoria has restored its reputation as a moral beacon—at America’s expense.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the last campaign event of his Fidesz party in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on April 6, 2018. The Habsburg Solution for Viktor Orban
History offers Europe a playbook for fighting back against Hungarian blackmail.
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Two Turkish members of the opposition People's Equality and Democracy Party sit in the audience of a parliamentary meeting, facing back to the camera to hold up signs reading "No to NATO, Occupation, War" in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Why Turkey Took Its Time on Sweden
NATO is one of the few venues where Ankara can exert pressure on Western peers.
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Labour leader Keir Starmer arrives at Wakefield College for talks with teachers and parents ahead of schoolchildren receiving their A level results on August 12, 2020 in Wakefield, England. Britain Is on the Verge of a Big Global Comeback
What an election victory for Keir Starmer’s Labour could mean for his country’s international influence.
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A woman wearing a Soviet military uniform directs pedestrians during an exhibition of Soviet tanks and military vehicles at Red Square in Moscow. The Broken Bargain of Russian Womanhood
Why they won’t rebel against the war that kills their men.
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Collectible, decorative plates line a wooden display shelf. The ceramic plates are printed with various colorful images of Chinese leaders, including current Chinese President Xi Jinping and former communist party Chairman Mao Zedong. The Futile Legacy of Mao Zedong
Xi Jinping wants to be a new Great Helmsman. It won’t work.
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A British Navy Sea King helicopter lifts off from the back of a British warship on Dec. 6, 1987, as a British military convoy of 4 warships moves south toward the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq "Tanker War." In the Red Sea, the Royal Navy Is Back
Britannia once ruled the waves. As the Houthis threaten global shipping, U.K. naval power is reprising its old role.
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The book cover of Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy. What It’s Actually Like Being a Woman in the CIA
Ex-spy Valerie Plame on the “secret history” of women in the agency.
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2024-books-3-2 The Most Anticipated Books of 2024
The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.
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A picture taken in December 1960, shows soldiers guarding Patrice Lumumba (R), Prime Minister of then Congo-Kinshasa, and Joseph Okito (L), vice-president of the Senate, upon their arrest in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa). A Cold War Killing That Still Haunts Congo
As Congolese citizens go to the polls, Stuart Reid’s ‘Lumumba Plot’ reminds the world of a crime that reshaped the country’s future.
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A 1901 political cartoon depicts an Uncle Sam rooster (large and central wearing a top hat and stars and stripe suit) with small roosters in the Monroe Doctrine-labeled European Coop (left) and smaller roosters labeled with South American country names including Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, and others running around free. The Return of the Monroe Doctrine
U.S. responses to China’s growing presence in Latin America risk falling into an old paternalistic pattern.
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Members of leftist movements demonstrate during a protest against Argentine President-elect Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on Nov. 23. Will Milei Rewrite Argentina’s History?
The new Argentine president is downplaying the brutal legacy of the country’s dictatorship.
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Aview of destruction in a livestock market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state on Sept. 1. Don’t Allow a Disastrous Collapse in Sudan
Biden’s benign neglect brought the RSF to the brink of victory. Now, Washington has a chance to save Sudan.
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A grid collage shows photos of world leaders in profile, including Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and, former U.S. President Donald Trump. These photos are layered over an illustration of Julius Caesar in the background. The Original Authoritarian
A new book looks at how Julius Caesar’s legacy informs the strongmen of today.
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John Ackah Blay-Miezah smokes a cigar in the London office of the Oman Ghana Trust Fund in the 1980s. The Man Who Conned the World
How one of the greatest scam artists of all time used Ghana’s colonial past to get rich.
