Filed in A-Featured & Economics & Politics & World History | May 6, 2008
Ashraf Ghani has taught at Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, and Kabul University, worked at the World Bank, served as Finance Minister of Afghanistan, and been credited with a range of successful reforms in Afghanistan in the years following 9/11. He is currently the Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness. Clare Lockhart is Director […]
No Comments » | Read it »
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Politics & UK & VSI & World History | April 30, 2008
Rana Mitter talks about his Very Short Introduction to Modern China
No Comments » | Read it »
Filed in A-Featured & Politics & World History | April 4, 2008
Paul Hockenos looks at the criticism of the 1968 German student movement.
No Comments » | Read it »
Filed in A-Featured & Anthropology & Art & UK & World History | March 19, 2008
Adrienne L. Kaeppler, author of The Pacfic Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia, tells us a little about traditional Polynesian tattooing
No Comments » | Read it »
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Current Events & Economics & Finance & Media & Politics & World History | March 5, 2008
Goldman reflects on Medvedev’s recent victory in the Russian elections and on what it means for Russia.
1 Comment » | Read it »
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Media & Politics & World History | March 3, 2008
Tim Bent introduces Tim Judah.
No Comments » | Read it »
Filed in American History & Health & Medical Mondays & World History | February 11, 2008
George Weisz is a Professor of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University. In his book, Divide and Conquer: A Comparative History of Medical Specialization he traces the origins of modern medical specialization to 1830s Paris and examines its spread to Germany, Britain, and the US, showing how it evolved from a feature of […]
No Comments » | Read it »
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & History & Media & Politics & World History | January 28, 2008
David Perlmutter introduces us to Military blogs.
2 Comments | Read it »