Editor’s Note: This is the first in a running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of the

Western strategists need to learn some new history. Here are eight suggestions from Asia.

Defense Minister Parly denounces "fait accompli politics" in South China Sea

In this book excerpt, one of Asia's greatest statesmen says competition is inevitable between China and the U.S., but conflict is not.

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“To resume, in a few words, the system of the Imperial government, as it was instituted by Augustus, and maintained by those princes who understood their

Immigration, asylum and naturalisation policies have always been at the heart of great power competition. It is time for American policymakers to begin thinking about how a more enlightened approach...

The sense of being overwhelmed and constantly distracted is nothing new. Historians and policymakers should look to the 17th century for guidance on how to grapple with information overload.

The Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is thrilled to announce its new cohort of 2022–2024 Ax:son Johnson

In May 1781, a cantankerous John Adams, still smarting after his public falling-out with Benjamin Franklin and humiliating ejection from the French court,

Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series.  In the winter of 1935, a freshman senator from Missouri arrived in the District of Columbia after

In 1889, two and a half decades before the outbreak of World War I, Mark Twain published a short and whimsical novel entitled A Yankee in King Arthur’s

With something of a tedious regularity, furious debates flare up among political scientists over the value of Thucydides to their theories of international relations. If the Athenian historian is so...

Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy under Tiberius

Renowned for his fierce intellect, mastery of the dark arts of propaganda, and unshakeable belief in the centralizing virtues of the French monarchy, Cardinal Richelieu’s actions as chief minister...

There’s a delicious irony in the Trump team’s affection for the historian—who repeatedly shows how populists lead societies to ruin.

Armed conflict has long meant tragedy but has also contributed to the emergence of everything from penicillin and highways to universal suffrage and the welfare state.

“To resume, in a few words, the system of the Imperial government, as it was instituted by Augustus, and maintained by those princes who understood their

Ten years ago China was in the midst of what was being touted as a remarkably predictable and peaceful transfer of power—proof that its authoritarian

Here is the text of the Russian president’s emergency address as Wagner chief leads armed rebellion

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Sometime around 118 B.C., a boar-hunting octogenarian cantering through southern Greece suddenly fell off his horse. The sprightly retiree — who ended up

Listening to stories about the past is a present pastime

In 1889, two and a half decades before the outbreak of World War I, Mark Twain published a short and whimsical novel entitled A Yankee in King Arthur’s

He was an indefatigable assistant to legendary resistance leader Jean Moulin.

A presidential phone call and a secret C-130 landing helped build a corridor out of chaos

It’s not just one war or two. How do you fight three at once?

Although China’s ambition to gain control of Taiwan is clear, doing so through force would prove enormously difficult and costly.

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Of books on Spain’s conquest of Mexico there is apparently no end. From William H. Prescott in the nineteenth century to Hugh Thomas in the late

This article introduces early modern Islamicate Asia (∼1500–1750) as an international system. Three theoretical insights emerge from an analysis of the international relations of the Mughal Empire,...

Understanding how China perceives the Marine Corps’ force modernization is critical.

The arc of history only bends towards justice when people of goodwill grab hold of it and wrench it in the direction of justice.