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US: China Spreads ‘False’ WWII Stories to Sway Taiwan
China is misinterpreting World War Two-era documents to pressure Taiwan, according to the U. S. embassy in Taipei. As the 80th anniversary of the...
Blunder and Blowback in U.S.-Russia Relations
From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the war in Ukraine, relations between the United States and the Soviet Union—and later post-Soviet Russia—have followed a...
Political Thought in China: From Zhu Yuanzhang to Xi Jinping
In China's political history, ideology has always played a central role in shaping social order and legitimizing political power. In times of crisis, when...
Toronto Film Festival Spotlights ‘Palestine 36,’ a Story of Past and Present
Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir's new film, "Palestine 36," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, explores the complex realities of 1936 Palestine under...
The Lingering Shadows of Slavery
I still remember, a few summers ago, the haunting images of migrant workers in India trudging barefoot along highways, clinging to overcrowded trains and...
Scars of Betrayal: Assyrians Continue to Feel Uncertainty from the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Assyrians are one of the oldest continuously documented ethnic groups in history today. Their presence dates to the initial stages of human civilization and...
“Never Again”, But for Whom and Where?
After World War II, Europe launched a moral and identity-based project grounded in the imperative of “learning from history.” This involved remembrance of the...
Forecasting the Next World War—Between Theory and Practice
Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who do not learn history are condemned to repeat it.” The truth is, even when we do learn history,...
Now is the Time for South Korea to Mend its Dark Past in Vietnam
The Vietnam War was one of the deadliest conflicts of the Cold War that saw millions of casualties, which have led to lasting scars...
Echoes of 1914: Lessons for East Asia from the Triple Entente
As the Indo-Pacific region becomes the epicenter of global strategic competition, the international community must confront a disquieting historical parallel. In the early 20th...