List of History articles
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A view through an open, barred iron gate shows a courtyard. The History of Slavery Is All of Our History
The grim events that took place at historical sites such as Ghana’s Elmina Castle made all of us.
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Bhutto holds his arms in the air waving as a Pakistani flag waves in the background. Pakistan’s Ghosts Loom Over Imran Khan
Khan’s rhetoric resembles that of another former Pakistan Army protege: the late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
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A close up photo shows Gorbachev's face. Gorbachev’s Disputed Legacy
A hopeful moment in Russian history dies with the former Soviet leader.
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People sit atop a yellow billboard featuring a photo of Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress logo, and the slogan "Vote for Jobs, Peace and Freedom." Nelson Mandela’s Missed Opportunity
South Africa’s former president had the chance to launch a massive program of regional economic integration but failed to seize it.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of independence at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Aug. 15. 75 Years After Independence, a Changing ‘Idea of India’
India’s liberal founders recede from view as its current leaders craft a new, less tolerant nation.
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Clouds of dust rise as damaged grain silos collapse near shipping containers and cars. Beirut’s Collapsing Grain Silos Are a Symbol of Lebanon’s Dysfunction
Exactly two years after a deadly blast, the capital was again enveloped in dust.
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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak during a G-7 foreign ministers' summit in Liverpool, England, on Dec. 12, 2021. Liz Truss Is Ready to Flex London’s Muscles Abroad
Britain’s likely next prime minister is a foreign-policy hard-liner.
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A visitor at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on Sept. 25, 2019. Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.
Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.
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U.S. Navy sailors bring ammunition supplies ashore for Cubans fighting for independence from Spain in this print published in 1898. America’s Long Road to Global Power
Michael Mandelbaum has written a masterful interpretation of the twists and turns of U.S. foreign policy.
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A group of German children stand atop building rubble to cheer a U.S. cargo plane as it flies over a western section of Berlin in 1948 as American and British forces airlift food and supplies to after Soviet forces surrounded and closed off the besieged city. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Why Superpower Crises Are a Good Thing
A new era of tensions will focus minds and break logjams, as Cold War history shows.
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A billboard depicting Tunisian President Kais Saied hangs on the side of a building in the east-central city of Kairouan, on July 26. Democracy Fades in the Arab Spring’s Success Story
Few restraints remain for Tunisian strongman Kais Saied after his constitutional referendum passed overwhelmingly and opposition parties boycotted the vote.
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Green cladding surrounds the Ghazanchetsots, an Armenian Apostolic cathedral damaged in the war, during construction on the building in Shusha on Sept. 25. How Historic Sites Have Become Battlegrounds Around the World
And the stories they tell about the past and the future.
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Chinese military aircraft carry a Chinese flag China’s Strategy Needs Study, Not Assumptions
Elbridge Colby’s influential take on combating Beijing doesn’t add up.
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Boris Johnson drives a digger through a fake wall during a general election campaign event at JCB construction company on Dec. 10, 2019 in Uttoxeter, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson’s Fall Gives Brexit a Chance to Succeed
Rather than kowtow to the anti-EU right, the next Conservative leader should return to Theresa May’s pragmatic vision of Brexit—or risk electoral obliteration in 2024.
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A close up of Abe's face as he looks down with a serious expression in front of a red-orange background. The Many Contradictions of Shinzo Abe
Even as he pushed for closer U.S. ties, Japan’s former prime minister clung to his belief in the legitimacy of Japanese conquest.
