Afghanistan America and the Afghan-Pakistan Conundrum March 16, 2017 0 Members of the Mujahideen relax in Kandar , Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War. Written by Elisabeth Leake Considering the history of US-South Asia relations during…
Iran Marketing the American Way of Life: US Cultural Diplomacy in Iran, 1953-58 March 16, 2017 0 Written by Darius Wainwright The United States is the ‘Great Satan’. Iranian government officials have uttered this remark on numerous occasions since the 1979 Revolution,…
Asia America’s Road to World War II: Asia, and the Beginnings of the American Century March 15, 2017 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "infamy speech", declaring the United States' entry into World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbour. Written by Andrew…
Philippines American Soft Power and the Philippines: The Need to Stay 'Smart' March 15, 2017 0 Written by Pauline Eadie. Since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016 more than 7,000 people have been killed in the course of…
Canada A Canadian Tragedy: India, Canada, and the Resurgence of Transnational Terrorism in North America March 14, 2017 0 Written by Francesca Speed On the morning of June 23, 1985, Air India flight 182, headed for New Delhi from Montreal, crashed into the ocean…
Propaganda The Development of India’s Propaganda Program: Principle and Parsimony March 14, 2017 0 Hyderabad House, which served as the original location of Independent India's External Publicity Division, hosts UK and Indian Prime Ministers Theresa May and Narendra Modi…
Canada Project Sidewinder: Canadian Security, Chinese Infiltration, and the Long Cold War March 14, 2017 0 Written by Steve Hewitt. They make for gripping headlines straight out of the world of John Le Carré: two hundred businesses operating in Canada that…
Hawaii America’s “Bridge to Asia”: Cultural Exchange in Cold War Hawai‘i March 13, 2017 0 A Conference on agriculture and research skills at the East-West Centre, University of Hawai'i in Manoa Written by Sarah Miller-Davenport. During the Cold War, the…
Islamophobia Nuclear Orientalism?: America, Pakistan, and the ‘Islamic Bomb’, 1979-2016 March 13, 2017 0 Written by Malcolm Craig. The heavily freighted idea of an “Islamic bomb” has been around for some decades now. The notion behind it is that…
Philippines Solving the "Philippine Problem": Frank Murphy, the Great Depression, and the Creation of the Philippine Commonwealth March 13, 2017 0 Revellers line the steps of the Legislative Building in Manila to witness the inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth on 15th November, 1935. Written by Elliot…
