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Why They Fight
They watched Russian President Boris Yeltsin order military leaders to fire on his own parliament in October 1993—killing an ...
The Secret Cold War History of the Missile That Launched America’s First Satellite
The IGY, they decided, would be celebrated in 1957.As part of the IGY, the Soviet Union vowed that it would launch an ...
Princeton University4d
Princeton SPIA’s Program on Science and Global Security celebrates 50 years of nuclear policy milestones
SGS co-founder Frank von Hippel returns to campus Tuesday for a 50th anniversary event and book discussion about his new ...
R Street Institute5dOpinion
Low-Energy Fridays: What’s the Defense Production Act, and why do we care?
The Trump administration, like the preceding Biden administration, is making liberal use of a little-known Cold War law ...
Tunnock’s Tea Cakes pass RAF fit-to-fly test after being banned for 60 years
Tunnock’s Tea Cakes have been deemed fit to fly by the RAF after they were banned from flights 60 years ago. The Scottish ...
Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year
The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress.
World Policy Hub6d
The Concept of International Conflict Management
As per John Burton, international conflict management must be proactive because “in this chaotic world, we are more concerned with managing conflicts than ...
Daily Sabah7dOpinion
Rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance is growing
Furthermore, if the U.S. reaches an agreement with Russia, European countries will remain in a more vulnerable position. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
Newly Declassified Documents Reveal the Untold Stories of the Red Scare, a Hunt for Communists in Postwar America
In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...
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The little boy in Gaza lost his entire family. He does not cry; he just sits there, staring at the wall
Those of us who are willing to see what is under our noses know very well that what is happening now in Gaza is an ongoing project of ethnic cleansing ...
A resurgence of faith among men is changing the religious gender gap
In some faith traditions in the U.S., men make up a larger proportion of the membership. For example, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, men make up 52% and women 47%, which is a ...