Empire

Genghis Khan

Analysising the rise and fall of various Empires in history and the common problems that have faced them all.

"In the end, all elites face the temptation to turn extraction into exploitation"

http://www.historytoday.com/harold-perkin/rise-and-fall-empires

The Negative Impact of Journalism

American Propaganda from WWI

A side of journalism we don't often think about: the role of the media  and propaganda campaigns in indoctrinating populations and even inciting hatred and violence against minorities. This article examines the issue of whether the actions of the media can ever be considered to be war crimes, with particular focus on a Kenyan case.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/05/kenyan-trial-asks-can-journalism-be-a-war-crime/238692/

To Dictate or Not to Dictate?

A further look at the role of the ICC in the prosecuting of the 'war' on Gaddafi, with the view that the body has done more harm than good in the matter.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/after-the-dictators-fall-/2011/06/02/AG57AmJH_story.html?hpid=z3
http://bosco.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/06/the_case_for_impunity

Not So Exceptional

A look at the idea of American Exceptionalism, with a particular focus on debunking the very idea of it.

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/03/in-defense-of-american-excepti#

Womens Rights

Human Rights Watch Report on the past 20 years of Womens Rights all over the world.

http://www.hrw.org/node/95629

One Nation Under Retrospection

The Founding Fathers of the USA

The faith of the three traditional pillars in the telling of the history of North America

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/09/very-violent-road-america/

Food Wars



The rising price of food all over the world and the growing conflict over arable land.



Terraced Rice Fields in China



http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/25/the_new_geopolitics_of_food

WWII Revisited and Revised

Article on the trend of revisionism with regards to the history of World War II.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/books/review/adam-kirsch-on-new-books-about-world-war-ii.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all