History Jan 31, 2024Nov 12, 2024 “No brother of mine”: Who started the war between ISIS and Iran? While Iranian authorities are busy mobilizing various terrorist groups for use in Tehran’s proxy war with Israel, the… Mary Williams
History Dec 13, 2023Nov 12, 2024 Devil vs. Advocate: The amazing, if rare, triumphs of legal defense in Stalin’s Soviet Union Now that the institution of the bar has been destroyed in Belarus and is hanging by a thread… Mary Williams
History Dec 04, 2023Nov 12, 2024 Faith with trust issues. Why Iran is struggling to consolidate the Islamic world against Israel Initiating the war against Israel, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad found themselves fighting the enemy one-on-one. Even their… Mary Williams
History Nov 24, 2023Nov 12, 2024 Orthodoxy, autocracy, anti-Semitism. How the Russian Empire endorsed and justified pogroms “Pogrom” is one of the few words that European languages borrowed from Russian. Back at home, it seemed to have… Mary Williams
History Nov 20, 2023Nov 12, 2024 Revolutionaries without borders: How exiled opposition brought change to their countries With only four months remaining until the presidential elections in Russia, in many other nations, this period would… Mary Williams
History Nov 03, 2023Nov 12, 2024 Born in the flames of resolutions: The history and underlying causes of the Arab-Israeli conflict Exactly 106 years ago, on November 2, 1917, the world witnessed the Balfour Declaration—an iconic, albeit concise, open… Mary Williams
History Oct 05, 2023Nov 12, 2024 From desertion to revolution: Lessons Russia failed to learn from the 1914 mobilization As Putin’s army is taking a beating in Ukraine, Russians are bracing themselves for a new wave of… Mary Williams
History Sep 27, 2023Nov 12, 2024 Old-timers on trial: Postwar Ukraine may learn lesson from Germany’s prosecution of Nazi criminals Poland’s Minister of Education has suggested exploring the possibility of extraditing Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old member of the… Mary Williams
History Aug 24, 2023Nov 12, 2024 A Movable Coup: A history of armed marches toward the capital, from Caesar to Wagner When Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin ordered his troops to advance toward Moscow on June 23, historians couldn’t help… Mary Williams
History Aug 10, 2023Nov 12, 2024 From nationwide leader to The Hague: Viewing Milošević’s history through the eyes of opposition A campaign for the annihilation of neighboring nations, the establishment of “people’s republics,” the propagation of nationalism, armed… Mary Williams