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Africa and Middle East
Britain, India and the Seven Years War
The Seven Years’ War was composed of two prominent struggles: the colonial and maritime conflict between France and Spain against…
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Asia and Oceania
Boundaries: Tibet and the People’s Republic of China
Is Tibet a Part of China? This question is more difficult to answer than it seems. The People’s Republic of…
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Beijing’s Manipulation of Korean Comfort Women
After the First Gulf War, China realized that it would unlikely be able to defeat the United States on the…
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Africa and Middle East
The Importance of the Suez Canal in WWII
The Suez Canal is known to be one of the most important pathways in the world among others. It’s also…
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Africa and Middle East
The Berlin Conference and Scramble for Africa
The Berlin Conference was organized to set basic standards about the colonization of Africa. Between 1885 and 1885, leaders from…
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Africa and Middle East
Dollar Diplomacy in Africa and Latin America
The United States’ foreign policy in the Latin America and East Asia through foreign loans was a legacy with reverberating…
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Boundaries: Dokdo or Takeshima?
The two small islands are only 47 acres in total, but the waters surrounding Dokdo/Takeshima are fertile fishing grounds. There…
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Africa and Middle East
A Deadly Dose of Reality on North Sentinel Island
Missionary John Chau spent his last weeks bribing fisherman off of the coast of India to take him to North…
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The Battle for Sri Lanka
The Legacy of British Colonization in Ceylon The origins of the Civil War in Sri Lanka can be traced back…
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Africa and Middle East
Boundaries: The Fight over Cyprus
Humans have settled in Cyprus for thousands of years. The first settlers were the ancient Greeks, and in the centuries…
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