Tag: Soviet Union
Afghanistan’s war rug industry distorts the reality of everyday trauma
Jamal J. Elias, University of Pennsylvania
The end of the U.S.-led military intervention in Afghanistan has resulted in the...
Monuments ‘expire’ – but offensive monuments can become powerful history lessons
Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut and Walter Woodward, University of Connecticut
Historical monuments are intended to be timeless, but almost all have an expiration date....
World’s deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century?
Perhaps you think first of the atomic bomb, estimated to have killed as...
Jimmy Carter’s lasting Cold War legacy
Robert C. Donnelly, Gonzaga University
Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford...
Identicide: How demographic shifts can rip a country apart
Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University
What happens to a country when its core national identity – its preferred image of itself in terms of race...
What to do with Confederate statues?
James Glaser, Tufts University
Could Russia teach us something about how to deal with difficult aspects of our national history?
Many places in the South –...
Imagining Russia post-Putin
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
On July 21, Vladimir Putin was asked at an audience with schoolchildren what he will do when he retires. He replied,...
4 things to know about North and South Korea
Ji-Young Lee, American University School of International Service
Editor’s note:
North Korea recently tested a ballistic missile that landed in the sea between North...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
