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War
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
Margaret MacMillan discusses the tangled history of war and society and our complicated feelings towards it and towards…
Foresight Part II: Cases of Warning about Violent Conflict and Mass Atrocities
What does it take for warnings about violent conflict and war to be listened to, believed and acted…
France, Prussia or Germany? The Napoleonic Wars and Shifting Allegiances in the Rhineland
Michael Rowe discusses the Rhineland, and more specifically, the region on the left (or west) bank of the…
The roads to power: The infrastructure of counterinsurgency
Throughout history and in all continents when armies have marched across continents, a crowd roughly 50 to 150…
Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in the Neoliberal Age
Laleh Khalili examines the colonial roots of counterinsurgency practices deployed by the US after September 11, 2011 in Iraq…
Why Mugabe Won: The 2013 elections in Zimbabwe and their aftermath
The 2013 general elections in Zimbabwe were widely expected to mark a shift in the nation’s political system,…
Masquerades of War
Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London states that masquerades are everyday aspects of the politics, praxis, and experiences…
China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945
Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford and…
Defending Korematsu?: Reflections on Civil Liberties in Wartime
Rostow’s criticism of Korematsu v. United States has become the common wisdom. Indeed, it has been generalized into…
War, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas, 1622-1683
Xing Hang’s research currently focuses upon the Zheng family quasi-governmental mercantile organization, particularly its unique and profitable role…
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