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Americans across all generations still value free speech. But for younger Americans, especially, that support is less strong and seems increasingly conditional.
The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 towards Venus in 1972. But all didn’t go to plan.
An immigration historian says removal orders targeting student activists echo America’s long past of jailing and expelling immigrants because of their race, what they say or believe – or all three.
The war is known by many names, and each one highlights the different objectives of the forces involved.
European members of Nato are scrambling to find a solution to the problem of the US wanting to be less involved.
The president has followed in the footsteps of Louis XIV of France and the czars of Russia, who operated national theaters as extensions of monarchical power.
US college leaders would do well to reflect on the courage of their counterparts in 1980s El Salvador who opposed injustice despite grave personal risk.
During the Nixon era, the US encouraged a split between the Soviet Union and communist China. But things have changed since the Cold War ended.
Trump wants Ukraine to repay the US for the military aid it sent Kyiv. Once upon a time, the US was more generous: It rebuilt Western Europe after World War II.
In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to relocate them.
USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power benefits for the US.
A Cold War coup, an Indigenous residential school, #MeToo trials and war in Ukraine and Palestine: a guide to the Oscars 2025 documentary nominees.
What are central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and why are they crucial to the future of global power? A new book explains – and warns the West needs to act now.
As Donald Trump embraces a multipolar world where raw power dominates, New Zealand will find itself in a global minority of democracies.
Poorer states, like Rwanda and Burundi, have economic incentives for maintaining peacekeeping armies.
Trump’s incoming administration could create certain risks for Germany, including putting more pressure on its weak economy.
As school ‘funding wars’ roll into next year, many Australians may not realise the federal government hasn’t always contributed to school funding.
Trump reversed the Cuba ‘thaw’ initiated by President Barack Obama. But second-guessing the incoming president’s policy on the island isn’t straightforward.
Traditional ideals of gender roles hark back to a time of extreme American nationalist sentiment in the face of a significant international threat.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 for conspiring with the Soviets. A newly declassified memo debunks the government’s case against Ethel, and her sons want their mother exonerated.



















