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Dr. Strangelove Is Horrifyingly Relevant Again

by Robert Brent Toplin

The movie reminds audiences that in the nuclear age humanity is in jeopardy when bellicose leaders promote confrontation.

Trump Threatens North Korea with "Fire and Fury": What Historians Are Saying on Social Media

Niall Ferguson, Simon Schama, Glenda Gilmore, Jonathan Dresner, Heather Cox Richardson, Max Boot, Tom Nichols, Kevin Kruse, and more.

The Good News We Can’t See that’s Staring Us Smack in the Face

by Azar Gat

War is declining.

The Food for Peace Program: Ike Started It. Trump Wants to End It.

by William Lambers

Feeding the hungry is essential to winning the peace. Eisenhower knew this. Trump and the Congress should too.

This Is What Happened in an Earlier Brexit

by Wen-Qing Ngoei

The past is littered with Brexits. What happened in Brexit 1967 offers clues to what we can expect this time – and that’s the unexpected.

At the Last Minute the ISIS Captor Had Lowered His Demands and We Had Rescued Fayza from Certain Death in Mosul

by Brian Glyn Williams

One beautiful young Yazidi girl now had something that so many other sex slaves did not have, freedom and a chance to live her life.

The Trump Doctrine in the Middle East Is to Follow Saudi Arabia’s Lead

by James L. Gelvin

This explains what sparked the Saudi-Qatari Cold War.

Did Russia Kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

by Robert T. Souza

Friday’s claim should be taken with a grain of salt.

The World’s Nuclear Powers Are Renewing their Race to Catastrophe

by Lawrence Wittner

But non-nuclear powers in the UN are pushing back. In July there will be a vote on a treaty in the UN to outlaw nukes.

One Promising Reason Theresa May Lost Her Majority

by Luke Reader

While she had the support of the right-wing press, they no longer have the power they used to.

What Historians Are Saying About Trump's Decision on Climate Change

Their tweets and retweets since Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement.

George Marshall Is More Relevant than Ever

by William Lambers

70 years after he announced what became known as the Marshall Plan we are in need of his guidance again.

Why is the U.S. So Committed to Saudi Arabia?

by Aaron Brown

Is maintaining the U.S.-Saudi relationship in its current condition worth all of the other headaches that accompany it?

China’s Moving in on Africa. Why Africans Should Be Afraid.

by Greg Bailey

As China increases its footprint on the continent there will doubtless be more push back with no guarantees it will be any smoother than the rest of Africa’s beleaguered history.

What Does H.R. McMaster’s Famous Book Tell Us About Him?

by Michael H. Hunt

How would McMaster today compare the Vietnam policy he indicted in his book with the failed record of counter-insurgency in which he has played so signal a role?

The World War 1 Lesson Trump Should Keep in Mind as He Heads Off to His First NATO Summit

by Nick Lloyd

Disaster ensues when coalitions stop speaking to one another and the members “do their own thing.”

Globalism Doesn’t Mean What Donald Trump Thinks It Means

by Or Rosenboim

As conceived in the post-war period globalism was not the antithesis of nationalism.

Kissinger also Gave Away Israeli Secrets to the Russians

by Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez

In 1972 he disclosed to the Russians that Israel had a source high up in the Egyptian government. It was Nasser’s son-in-law.

We Should Be Dealing with the North Korean Threat the JFK Way

by William Lambers

By ramping up diplomacy.

Netanyahu Finally Has the President He Wants. History Suggests There Will Still Be Problems.

by Ronald L. Feinman

Since 1948 the Israeli-American relationship has had many ups and downs. Expect this to continue.