Celebrating the Life of Norman Birnbaum
We will miss Norman’s incisive analysis of an incredibly wide span of history, his clarity of vision, and his often-biting wit.
Mending Our Welcome Mat
This nation of immigrants should shelter more Syrian refugees.
Celebrating Destruction
Our wartime commemorations are the functional equivalent of mounting the heads of our victims on pikes. Are we surprised that others celebrate bloodshed when we do the same?
The Hashimoto Controversy and Japan’s Failure to Come to Terms with its Past
The rise of Japan’s reactionary right suggests that the country has yet to come to terms with its actions in World War II.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/12)
Emphasis, as always, added.
Seminal New Book Shows Just How Little German Army Objected to Holocaust
“Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying” demonstrates the Wehrmacht’s acquiescence to Third Reich atrocities.
How West Africa Helped Win World War II
The Second World War’s Eurocentric history must be widened to give sub-Saharan Africans and many other world peoples their due.
Pumping Gas Prices for All They’re Worth
Can our nation survive $5-a-gallon gas?
A Zero on the Home Front’s Richter Scale
The end of the Iraq War was accompanied by the sound of one hand clapping.
Okinawan Delegation Visits DC for Base Closure
A delegation of politicians, lawyers, activists and students from Okinawa, Japan, will travel to Washington, DC, from January 21 to January 27 to advocate for the closure of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma.
UN Origins Project Part 7: Forging a Lasting Peace
The foundations of the tightly interconnected world we live in now were laid in the early days of World War II by leaders hoping to prevent the next great war.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 6: The Things We Fight For
Economic deprivation planted the seeds for the bloom of totalitarianism that led to World War II.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 5: Sharpening the Teeth of Peace
After World II, nations agreed that simply attacking the international peace by launching an aggressive war was a crime.
Mass Killing: a Higher Calling?
In war-time, casting aside concern for the fate of your soul when killing is the ultimate sacrifice for your country.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 4: In WWII, It Took Teamwork to Defeat Not Only Germany, But Japan
It took a little help from its friends for the United States to defeat Imperial Japan in World War II.