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The mid-July headline of the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) commenting on the two debt crises in Europe and the United States reads “The End of the World Is Near – But Only for You.” The article cleverly illustrates the deepening transatlantic gap when it comes to political and economic frames of reference. Americans are [...]
One of the most overused clichés in the English language is “history repeats itself.” Yet the events of the past several months seem to prove the point. Trouble with pirates in the Mediterranean? Conflict between the west and Islam? The aftereffects of nuclear power in Japan? We’ve seen all of these before. But most recently, [...]
Historians, of all people, should understand the dangers of prematurely evaluating a President’s foreign policy record. Quite apart from all that we learn as archives open, the passage of time provides perspective. To take an obvious example: while few contemporary observers would celebrate it now, at the time, Ronald Reagan’s approach to Afghanistan was heralded [...]