The Central African Republic: Soaked in Blood
"Americans deplore violence, but have a gaping blind spot over central Africa, one of the most violent parts of the world."Matt PurpleIn July 1994, the Rwandan Genocide ended after Hutu extremists...
View ArticleWelcome to Sweden's Aleppo
Tragedy is bringing Europe and the Middle East together... in interesting ways.Elisabeth BrawIt is afternoon recess at school. Children are chatting away in Arabic and Assyrian, a language spoken by...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn from Confederate Foreign Policy
Many missed opportunities in the international realm may have cost them the war.Kevin A. LeesOne hundred and fifty years ago this month, the American Civil War ended, dashing the plans of southern U.S....
View Article5 Most Lethal Civil Wars of All Time
War within nations are some of the most brutal conflicts in history.Kyle MizokamiThere are many types of civil wars. Sometimes, such as the American Civil War, one segment of the population simply...
View ArticleWhy the 'Normandy Four' Summit Is a Big Deal for Ukraine
It is in everyone's interest, including Russia's and the Donbas region's republics', to see that the Minsk II ceasefire agreement is held up.Nikolay PakhomovThe announcement that the “Normandy Four”...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Forgotten, But Still in Turmoil
"We’ve become captivated by the civil war in Syria to the point that it’s a banner issue in our presidential debates, yet the constant suffering of the continent to the southwest largely escapes our...
View ArticleISIS Is Coming: Why Militias in Libya Need to Unite—And Fast
"Reaching a peace accord to end Libya's fifteen-month-old civil war is proving harder than trying to save a marriage after the divorce lawyers have divided the assets and made the infidelities...
View ArticleThe Republican Civil War
The GOP’s current identity crisis is the product of a long tradition of conservative insurgency.Jacob HeilbrunnAFTER THE GOP lost the November 1954 midterm elections, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s cabinet met...
View ArticleSyria’s Deadly War is Hostage to Geography
"The geographic realities of the conflict in Syria determine options for ending the conflict."Thomas BaronThe geography of Syria complicates efforts to end the nearly five-year-old war in the...
View Article1914 and Aleppo
A repeat of 1914 and the outbreak of another Great War is very unlikely. But it is a risk.Paul R. PillarThe centenary in 2014 of the outbreak of World War I elicited comparisons between the...
View ArticleThe War America Ignores
The Saudi-led war in Yemen is damaging U.S. interests, yet getting little attention.Daniel R. DePetrisThe Middle East is often categorized as a cauldron of blood-soaked anarchy—an area of the world...
View ArticleFrom Bosnia to Iraq: The Failure of Forced Coexistence
The obsession with inviolable borders often creates dangerously divided societies.Janko BekićThe U.S.-led military interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, rump Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Iraq have...
View Article5 Most Lethal Weapons of the U.S. Civil War
The death toll is surprising, since the deadliest weapons of the age hadn’t been invented yet.Kyle MizokamiThe Civil War was by far the most deadly war in American history. The bloody four-year...
View ArticleAmerica's 5 Greatest Military Victories (and 5 Most Shocking Defeats)
Let the debate begin. Robert FarleyThe American military is clearly the most dominant force on the planet--maybe the most lethal ever. Armed with nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines, a fleet...
View ArticleWhy Ulysses S. Grant Was One of America’s Greatest Leaders
And why it matters. Ronald C. WhiteFriends at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site near St. Louis tell me most visitors arrive with little knowledge of Grant—but leave with deep appreciation.In...
View ArticleWhat If Arming Syrian Proxies Doesn’t Work?
Why the Wall Street Journal's Daniel Heninger Is Wrong on SyriaChristopher A. PrebleAnew poll finds that 55 percent of registered voters want soldiers in Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS while 36 percent...
View ArticleGettysburg Might Just Be the Most Bloody Battle of the Civil War (But the...
Gettysburg was a major battle that inflicted grievous wounds on both the North and the South.Daniel L. DavisNovember 8 witnessed one of the most stunning upsets in U.S. political history when Donald...
View ArticleMonitor vs. Merrimac: How the First Ironclad Battle Changed Naval History...
Someone watching the floating cheese box battle the floating butter dish can be forgiven for not appreciating what lay in the future.Michael PeckHad you been around 155 years ago, and stood on the...
View ArticleThe Trent Affair: When the United States and Great Britain Nearly Went to War
When a Union warship stopped a British mail steamer during the Civil War, it touched off an international incident.Warfare History NetworkIn November 1861, word swept through London that an American...
View ArticleLincoln vs Douglas: America's Ultimate Political Debate
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had been personal and political opponents for twenty years when they clashed for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858.Warfare History NetworkThe two men facing each...
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