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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...
Shifting Centers of Power: Toward a Post-Westphalian World Order
Authors: Griffin Thompson and Morgan D. Bazilian*
As the Russian-Ukraine war stretches into prolonged conflict and the Israeli-Hamas war viciously spirals into cross-border conflicts, a...
Israel’s Actions and the Paradoxical Possibility of a Palestinian State
Historically, nation-states have often been created following disasters. The State of Israel, for example, emerged not only from Zionism's internal motivation but also from...
How International Law Became a Political Instrument in Post-War Bosnia
Unity in diversity is a noble cause, but that does not reflect the realities of the ethnically divided societies in what is now Bosnia...
Carlson and the Eighth Route Army: An American Marine in Mao’s War Against Japan
I was officially invited to an interview with the official Chinese (Xinhua News Agency) and their official website to discuss the Chinese victory over...
The End of History and The Return to Geopolitics
In his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama put forward one of the most challenging and enduring hypotheses...