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Back to SearchTo End a War
History teaches us that the war in Ukraine will most likely end in a negotiated settlement. The Second World War was an anomaly insofar the Allies de…
4 years ago
The Looming Conflict
The Biden administration's efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran are on the brink of collapse, leading experts to fear the two countrie…
4 years, 1 month ago
Vladimir the Historian
Vladimir Putin's version of history is the foundation of his war in Ukraine. According to Russia's dictator, an independent Ukrainian state is a mist…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nuclear Terror Redux, or How I Learned to Stop...
During the Cold War, the fear of nuclear war suffused the culture in hundreds of books and movies, in classroom "duck and cover" drills and in debate…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Problem of War Crimes
The odds are against anyone being brought to justice for atrocities committed in Ukraine. Despite mounting evidence that Russian forces executed civi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Why Yeltsin Chose Putin
History is full of what-ifs. What if in 1999 Russia's fading president Boris Yeltsin had handpicked someone other than Vladimir Putin to be his succe…
4 years, 1 month ago
Francis Fukuyama Says Liberalism is in Peril
Is Ukraine the front line in a global struggle pitting democracy versus autocracy, liberalism versus illiberal nationalism? Political scientist Franc…
4 years, 1 month ago
Slavery and the Constitution: Sean Wilentz & James Oakes
This is the third installment in an occasional series that will focus on slavery, the Constitution, and the ongoing debate over the meaning of the Am…
4 years, 1 month ago
Obama and Russia
When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 the Obama administration responded with condemnation and sanctions. But the U.S. president refused to authorize th…
4 years, 1 month ago
A Peace Plan For Ukraine
History provides some examples of what a peace settlement might look like between Russia and Ukraine. Finland's treaty with the Soviet Union in 1948 …
4 years, 1 month ago