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Cuban Spies and Cold War Syndromes: A Review of ‘Wasp Network’

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Any film that so handedly breaks from the mainstream script about Cuba deserves our praise—and our scrutiny.

Eric Morales-Franceschini October 9, 2020 1990s, Cold War, film, foreign policy, radical politics, Uncategorized

Huddled Arabs in the Americas: Stacy Fahrenthold on Syrian & Lebanese Migrants in Argentina, Brazil & the US

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Fahrenthold’s new book reveals a complex story of global migration and shifting identities and allegiances, as both the Middle East and Latin America were transformed.

Emrah E. Sahin January 22, 2020 book reviews, foreign policy, Germany, immigration, Latin America, Middle East, World War I

Two Minutes Chait

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White men — what are they thinking? What do they think about what they think? Is it good to write thinkpieces on thinking about how white men think?

Casey Baskin May 26, 2019 #MeToo, academia, Aneurysms, Best of, foreign policy, gender, technology, television, transgender, whiteness

Trump and the Problem of Epistemology

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Paul Simon was asked to say a few words during a concert back in 1973. His response? “Let’s […]

Alex Sayf Cummings May 17, 2019 Aneurysms, Best of, feminism, foreign policy, gay rights, LGBTQ history

The Allure of Small Things: Daniel Immerwahr on America’s Love Affair with Community Development

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What do the CIA and Gandhi have in common? Both were advocates of what historian Daniel Immerwahr calls “community development.”

Eric Michael Rhodes December 10, 2018 Asia, book reviews, Cold War, foreign policy, globalization, planning, Policy history, South Asia

This Week’s Best Of: Pantsing NATO and Preventing Suicide

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In this week’s Farm-to-Table Aneurysms, we watch Lil’ Donny continue on his perplexing quest to destroy American empire, […]

Alex Sayf Cummings July 13, 2018 Aneurysms, Europe, food, food studies, foreign policy

Kennan, Putin, and the Danger of Thinking Your Opponents Are Irrational

Years ago, I was in a stupid bar on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  We used to […]

Alex Sayf Cummings December 19, 2016 Donald Trump, Russia

How Do We Know an Intervention Has Succeeded?

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We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that […]

Adam E. Gallagher May 13, 2013 Arab Spring, foreign policy, human rights, law, Middle East, military history, theory, transnational history
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