Thirty years after the Balkans peace deal, a different US leadership is fumbling the war in Ukraine

Thirty years ago, on December 14 1995, the presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ...
The Economist

The War Room newsletter: Sleepwalking into Africa’s next war

Welcome to The War Room. This newsletter regularly covers Ukraine, Gaza and other geopolitical flashpoints, and rightly so.

Guinea-Bissau’s military takeover highlights the nation’s sorry history of coups and a deepening crisis across the region

The events in Guinea-Bissau reflect a so-called polycrisis for countries in and around the Sahel belt, sandwiched between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. This region has, since 2020, become the ...
Opinion

‘The Most Successful Dictator of Modern Times’

I put that question to Stanley G. Payne, 91, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin. “Oh, 4 or 5,” he says. “Maybe 4 rather than 5. As a dictator he had many virtues in the ...
Opinion

The Dayton Peace Accords at 30: An ugly peace that has prevented a return to war over Bosnia

But it was an ugly peace: The patient was saved, but left deformed and weak. As scholars who have written extensively about the Bosnian war and its aftermath, we believe the legacy of the Dayton Peace ...

Croatians commemorate the siege of Vukovar, a national symbol of the war of independence

Croatia has marked the anniversary of the fall of the eastern town of Vukovar, which was demolished by the Serb-led Yugoslav ...
Wired

Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...
balkaninsight

Yugoslav General Sentenced for Kosovo War Crimes Dies at 79

Nebojsa Pavkovic, commander of the Yugoslav Army Third Battalion in the Kosovo war – who was recently released from prison for health reasons – has died. This post is also available in this language: ...
Daily Herald

Relive the Civil War at annual encampment and battle in Hainesville

Relive history as knowledgeable reenactors, both military and civilian in period costume, recreate an American Civil War Encampment and Battle in a rural setting in Hainesville. The annual Civil War ...
csis.org

Is the United States Headed Toward a Civil War?

The answer is no. These Critical Questions use core findings from the academic literature on civil wars and political violence to situate recent tragic events and fundamentally challenge the notion ...
Los Angeles Times

From Charlie Kirk to Supreme Court backlash, Civil War historians see modern parallels

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Some Civil War historians see echoes of the past in recent political violence and growing disillusionment with the ...
Tribune-Star

Bridgeton's Civil War Days is Aug. 30-31

Parke County’s mill town of Bridgeton will hold its Civil War Days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug 30 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 31. Visitors can interact with the soldiers and civilians of the Civil War and ...