Tag Archives: history

Where Bangladesh Leaves India in the Dust

Why do so many farmers commit suicide in India despite the country’s booming economy?

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Globalization, Americanization and Europeanization (Part III)

Will the United States be able to hold its central place within the world economy that it forged after 1945?

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Globalization, Americanization and Europeanization (Part II)

How did the wars of the 20th century influence the trends of globalization, Americanization and Europeanization?

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U.S. Foreign Policy and the Solar System

What do Ptolemy and Copernicus tell us about America’s changing global role?

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Putting Belgium on eBay?

What explains the mega-malaise currently gripping the Flemings and Walloons in Belgium?

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Poland Wakes Up from a Bad Dream

After the October 2007 elections, is Poland finally ready to stop tearing itself apart from the inside?

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Traversing the American Southwest

What insights emerge after spending 87 days living in the backcountry of the American southwest?

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Iraq and the Politics of Withdrawal: Lessons from U.S. Occupations in Latin America

What lessons has the United States failed to draw from its occupations in Latin America?

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Dateline Pakistan: Lawyers as Revolutionaries?

Is Pervez Musharraf the Gorbachev of Pakistan — or the Shah of Islamabad?

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American Realism and Engaging Syria

How is Syria becoming increasingly important to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East?

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