The costs of the Great War were unimaginably staggering, dwarfing those of previous conflicts in virtually every category: 37 million casualties, the influenza pandemic, widespread hunger, civil dislocation, economic wreckage, and more. But another, seldom-considered consequence of the..…
Following the recent peace agreement with the FARC, ending a half-century of civil war, Colombia’s military is being retooled and redeployed to intensify its fight against drug traffickers, including the Gulf Clan cartel, which has grown significantly in strength. ... In 2018, an..…
The Cold War and the ensuing proxy war opened the floodgate of misery and civil war. ..…
This past November, in response to widespread public uproar over the U.S. role in the Yemeni civil war, the Pentagon announced that it had ceased air-to-air refueling support for the Saudi-led coalition. ... American interests demand that we end all U.S. military support for the Saudi-UAE..…
While in Congress, he was instrumental in the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which officially apologized for the injustices faced by Japanese Americans during World War II. ..…
In this report, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights Bahrain examines the contributions of ACPRA within the context of the movement for civil and political reform Saudi Arabia.. ANHRI report on the impact of the war on Yemen on freedom of expression. ..…
The coup took place during a 21-year civil war that ended in 2005 with a peace agreement signed by al-Bashir. . ..…
After civil war broke out there in early 2011, at the same time as in Libya, the latter became a facilitation and training hub for around 3,000 fighters on their way to Syria, many of whom joined al-Qaeda affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State-affiliated Katibat al-Battar al-Libi..…
“I’d bet, before the 2020 election, we’re going to have a shooting civil war again in this country,” said one. . ... Maybe not a civil war. But, a bad ending nonetheless. . . . Share on Facebook . . . ..…
Since the Huthis and their allies were pushed north out of Aden in July 2015, al-Dhale became a front line in the current civil war where fighting flares periodically. ... They have presented the offensive as part of a plot to destabilise the south, undermine the STC and UAE-backed southern..…
The communists actually led a coalition of nationalists fighting a civil war that was ultimately about independence. ... The “better war” thesis also denies agency to the Vietnamese in what was at root their civil war. ..…
Though local power had long existed in the hundreds of southern towns and cities that saw organized civil rights action, the VEP was vital to converting that power into political motion. ..…
Guatemala was ruled by a succession of brutal military dictatorships that threw the county into a 30-year-long civil war that killed more than a million people. ..…
The president has his full range of Article 2 authorities and I'm very confident that any action we took Venezuela would be lawful... ..…
“In the '60s, it was civil rights and then the Vietnam War. Climate change absolutely has that kind of emotional resonance for people, particularly for young people, because they’re going to have to deal with it,” he said. . ..…
Even some of the recent wars have been backyard fistfights compared to Vietnam, Korea, WW2, WW1 or Civil War.. ..…
He said war—i.e., revolution, by which he meant civil war—was necessary. ... Because of this idea of revolution—civil war, not international war—the Marxian International began to discuss peace. ..…