MAY 10, 2022 • page
Did Nuclear Weapons Cause Japan to Surrender?
Ward Wilson, senior fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, explains that the Soviet declaration of ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Japanese and German Postwar Reconciliation
Asia scholar Ian Buruma reflects on why German post-World War II reconciliation efforts have been more successful than Japanese ones, despite the similarity of the ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
When Did The Soviet Union Disintegrate?
Harvard professor Serhii Plohky's book "The Last Empire: Final Days of the Soviet Union" takes an alternative view in analyzing the fall of the Soviet ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
How Did Japan Inspire Asia?
Pankaj Mishra says that, after Japan's military defeated Russia's in 1905, the island nation became an inspiration for Asians all over the continent and attracted students ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
How Can We Characterize US-Iran History?
Former National Security Council staffer Gary Sick says that historical tensions in U.S.-Iran relations have made it tough for the two countries to ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Are We In A New World of War Crimes?
David J. Scheffer describes the significant developments in prosecuting war and "atrocity" crimes on the international level after 1993.
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Roméo Dallaire: Dealing With Guilt After Rwanda
Roméo A. Dallaire, humanitarian and retired Canadian Army lieutenant-general, says that meeting with President Bill Clinton would “go a long way” in assuaging the ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Similarities and Differences of Atrocities in Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
Louise Arbour, president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, compares the root causes behind conflict in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.