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...first book, “The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism,” Manela studied how President Wilson’s policies influenced rising anticolonial activism in Asia and the Middle East...
...night was typical of summer backyard get-togethers on the east side of Baltimore. A DJ was spinning favorite tunes. The barbecue grill was fired up. People laughed, children played. The atmosphere at the picnic, which was organized to honor two men who were killed on the streets a year before, was good...
...trying to wriggle out of blame, says James Appathurai, NATO's spokesman in Brussels. "I have seen that the Taliban deny responsibility. They do not get to wash their hands of this," he said this week. The Taliban have gained control of vast swathes of Afghanistan's south and east over the past few years, prompting the U.S. to send an additional 21,000 troops to the country this year. With this supplication, there are now a total of 60,000 U.S. troops in the country to combat the resurgent Taliban. General Stanley McChrystal, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan...
...While Germany was divided, the communists had their own country; in the West, they were outlawed. Official doctrine in East Germany declared the neo-Nazis nonexistent. In West Germany, far-right candidates seldom gained enough traction to clear the 5% hurdle in any state election to enter parliament. And when they did, they usually imploded shortly after taking their seats and always failed to get re-elected to a follow-on term. (Read "The March to the Far Right...
...years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germans are becoming more similar in their political preferences. Parties that used to be typical West German parties, such as the Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), now have significant support in the former East. And Die Linke, an amalgam of the former East German ruling Communist Party and disgruntled Social Democrats, is gaining ground among left-leaning voters in the former West. Voters who were once loyal to a single party have become swing voters, with the main parties taking the hit. The ruling Christian Democratic...