News Abroad

We’ve Known since the 1940s that Kids Don’t Do Well in School When They’re Hungry

by William Lambers

So why don’t we fully fund programs to feed kids worldwide?

Trump’s Ignoring Latin America. We Do that at Our Peril.

by Mary Jo McConahay

Lessons from World War II.

The Russians Are Weaponizing Health Information

by Steve Usdin

In the 1980s they disseminated false information about AIDS. Now they’re misleading the public about vaccines.

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Awful

by Lawrence Wittner

But there’s a better alternative than the establishment’s version.

Do Foreign Fighters Make Good Soldiers?

by Nir Arielli

In some cases they have, but the most consistent contribution of foreign volunteers has been political rather than military.

Mr. Trump goes to Helsinki

by William R. Polk

Hard truths we need to face.  One of which is this: Mr. Trump’s boorishness is not the issue.

Putin-Trump Summit: What Historians Are Saying

Their tweets and retweets.

Mexicans Made America—Why Do We Treat Them Like Alien Invaders?

by John Tutino

If we knew the history of Mexico better, we wouldn’t.

India’s Cities Have an Ecological Crisis.  A Historian Knows How They Got There.

by Harini Nagendra

It was during the colonial and post-colonial period when the people of India’s relationship with nature changed (for the worse).

New Zealand Is Giving Environmentalists a Reason to Be Hopeful

by Catherine Knight

The country’s politics are changing as voters on both the left and the right acknowledge the need for an independent Climate Commission, which would make recommendations on carbon reduction targets.

Remember the Berlin Airlift?

by William Lambers

We should in this hour of desperation when so many people around the world need our help to survive.

Is the West in Disarray?

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

That sounds like a topic from another era. But it’s shockingly of the moment.

It’s No Downton Abbey, but It’s Just as Much a Part of English History

by Jennifer Tucker

Widnes, where the Royals are visiting this week, was where the chemical industry was founded during the Industrial Revolution.

Misunderestimating North Korea

by Andrew Meyer

North Korea doesn't want what Trump is offering.

If We Want to Show We’re Serious About Denuclearizing Korea We Should Sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

by William Lambers

So should North Korea.

30 Years Ago This Week Ronald Reagan Did Something No One Could Have Expected Years Earlier

by David Foglesong

He cut a deal with Russia. How he did it is worth remembering.

We Used to Understand the Connection Between Hunger and War

by William Lambers

We shouldn’t have to relearn the lesson today that prompted the Marshall Plan.

What Was so Remarkable About that Royal Wedding Sermon

by Ed Simon

And why it should be regarded as the best sermon of this young century.

The Implications of Voiding the Iran Nuclear Deal

by William R. Polk

Even if it is not immediately a world at war, it will be a sort of concentration camp of terror, enervating fear of accident or design, of death and destruction.

Trump Nixes Iran Deal: What Historians Are Saying

Tweets, retweets, and commentary.