Tag Archives: colonialism

Three Myths About the Middle East

No, the region isn’t the source of all evil.

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Celebrating India’s Independence

After 66 years of independence from colonial rule, what does India have to show for it?

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Canada, the Savage Invader?

Does Canada really help explain the United States’ characteristic “way of war”?

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Toward a Pacific-Oriented America? (Part I)

Is the United States really shifting from an Atlantic to an Asia-Pacific orientation?

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Occupy Wall Street and the Missing American Revolution

What is the historic context and potential significance of the protest movement directed against Wall Street?

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A Brief History of Cheap Labor

How was cheap labor key to turning Britain, Germany and the United States into industrial powers?

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Europe and the Arab World in the 21st Century

Does more unite the Arab world and Europe than divides them?

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Dateline Congo: Belgium’s Builder King — and Top Villain?

How could King Leopold II have ruled Belgium and Congo at the same time in such dramatically different manners?

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Globalization and Grassroots Democracy: Which Revolution? (Part II)

How can the productive power of modern capitalism be harnessed for social ends?

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India and Britain: A Tortured Relationship (Part I)

Why do China and India think in terms of generations, not quarterly results?

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