News Abroad

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• 5/15/2022
  

  Excerpt: Inside the Gwangju Uprising, a Key Moment for South Korean Democracy

  by Gwangju Democratization Movement Commemoration Committee

  Government forces sprung into action to violently suppress a pro-democracy protest of students and workers in Gwangju, South Korea on May 18, 1980. 

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• 5/8/2022
  

  The Dangerous Trend of Imperial Nostalgia – It's not Just Russia

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The embrace of the belief that nations are entitled to reclaim their past dominance underlies Russia's invasion of Ukraine but also is influencing the politics of Britain, France, China, and the United States. A renewed commitment to international cooperation is needed to thwart this dangerous turn. 

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• 5/8/2022
  

  How Will History Remember Xi?

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  Despite China's growth as an economic and military force, Xi Jinping's authoritarian government may ultimately be seen as a drag on the nation's prosperity and the flourishing of the Chinese population. 

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• 5/1/2022
  

  Democracy's Enemies are Abroad, but Also at Home

  by Jim Sleeper

  If neoconservative warnings of a coming global struggle between Russia and "the West" are right, the west must consider what changes it is willing to make to allow for a victory without planetery catastrophe. 

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• 5/1/2022
  

  When Will the French Dam Against the Far Right Crack?

  by Brian Sandberg

  Macron is the latest representative of the French center to call for an electoral coalition to act as a "dam" against the far right. In another French presidential election, the dam has held, but will it endure? 

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• 5/1/2022
  

  Ukraine Evokes Past "Eve of Destruction"

  by Richard Aquila

  In 1960s America, popular songs gradually roused the conscience of many Americans against the war in Vietnam. What forces might make Russia (as well as Ukraine and the west) push away from the brink of unthinkable acts mass destruction? 

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• 4/24/2022
  

  Why I Can't Wave a Ukrainian Flag – A Dissenting Teach-In on Russia's Invasion

  by Daniel Herman

  "If Americans who fly Ukrainian flags actually want to help Ukrainians, they would be well advised to support diplomatic negotiations rather than limitless flows of weaponry."

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• 4/24/2022
  

  Understanding How Counterfactuals Shape Putin's Worldview and Historical Rhetoric

  by Gavriel Rosenfeld

  While historians have noted the instrumental use of history in Putin's speeches about Ukraine, more attention should be paid to his use of broad counterfactuals that, however they oversimplify historical contingency, successfully evoke politically potent emotions like regret, relief and fear. 

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• 4/17/2022
  

  Does Israel's Right Cultivate a Permanent Enemy to Justify a Permanent Occupation?

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  The vast majority of Israelis and Palestinians have been born since the occupation began. The current Israeli government seems content to exploit violent outbreaks like those of recent weeks to ensure that no one seriously imagines alternatives.

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• 4/17/2022
  

  We Need to Talk About Cuba

  by Joseph J. González

  U.S. policymakers should understand that Putin may observe the sixtieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis by provoking another one. 

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• 4/3/2022
  

  Has Putin Heeded Warnings from the History of Urban Warfare?

  by Brian Glyn Williams and Aaron Rawley

  While key to the mythos of Russian patriotism, the pivotal battle of Stalingrad, along with other more recent episodes of urban warfare, show that Russian forces face a difficult and bloody task in capturing Kyiv. As Russian troops now retreat to the east, has this been a lesson learned? 

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• 4/3/2022
  

  Remembering the Falklands-Malvinas War 40 Years Later

  by Yoav J. Tenembaum

  Britain's successful repulsion of Argentina's invasion of the disputed islands resulted as much from diplomatic maneuver as military. 

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• 4/3/2022
  

  Can the US Credibly Condemn Russian Attacks on Civilians?

  by Paul Lovinger

  Are American military actions different from Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure only in degree? 

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• 4/3/2022
  

  Who Speaks for the World when Great Powers Flex Their Muscle?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  "Are the people of the world condemned to live forever under the heels of the great powers?  Or is it still possible to take another step along the road to a peaceful, humane planet?"

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• 4/3/2022
  

  More War Crimes Will Follow in Ukraine

  by Fred Zilian

  To those who believed that war and war crimes in Europe in the 21st century had become unthinkable, Thucydides offers us a simple yet powerful statement: “War is a violent teacher.”

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• 4/3/2022
  

  The Lost Opportunity to Set Post-Soviet Russia on a Stable Course

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  The transition from communism was always going to be difficult for Russia and other post-Soviet states. But American politicians and advisors must share blame for the rise of oligarchy and Putinism as responses to economic instability.

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• 4/3/2022
  

  Russia – And Not Just its Army – Is Headed for a Crisis of Morale

  by David A. Mayers

  Russian soliders and civilians will, sooner or later, have to confront the disconnect between their government's patriotic justification of the Ukraine invasion and reality. This existential bleakness may shape Russia for decades to come. 

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• 3/27/2022
  

  Brexit and European War Mark Another Chapter in the Saga of Reinventing Britishness

  by Dominic Selwood

  The good news for Brits struggling with national identity in the wake of Brexit and under the threat of war? Britishness has been a constantly negotiated and evolving idea for centuries. 

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• 3/27/2022
  

  Putin is Carrying on Stalin's War on Self-Determination

  by Uriel Abulof

  Before Woodrow Wilson, Lenin advanced the ideal of national self-determination as part of communist revolution. Stalin made the term a cynical tool of Russian imperialism, a move Putin's approach to Ukraine emulates. 

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• 3/20/2022
  

  Afghanistan's Lesson: Plan for What Happens After Russia Leaves Ukraine

  by Aaron Brown

  Expelling Russian forces through military aid would be a victory for the US and NATO, but not a final one.