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Who Was Tank Kee?
He wanted to be an ally of the Chinese immigrant. By pretending to be one himself.
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Christopher Decou
via
Contingent
on
October 28, 2019
The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America
Contending with the orientalist fears and fantasies of a young nation.
by
Nancy E. Davis
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Literary Hub
on
August 2, 2019
Is This the End of the American Century?
Has Trump permanently damaged the credibility of the presidential office?
by
Adam Tooze
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London Review of Books
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April 4, 2019
The Lethal Crescent
The 45 years of peace between the Cold War superpowers were 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world.
by
Daniel Immerwahr
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The Nation
on
December 20, 2018
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The New Arms Race: American Businesses vs. China’s Government Money
How we outsourced foreign aid to private companies.
by
Brandon Kirk Williams
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Made By History
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December 10, 2018
The Truth About the Killing Fields
A trio of books depict the true narrative of the massacres within Indonesia in 1965.
by
Margaret Scott
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New York Review of Books
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June 28, 2018
How Profits From Opium Shaped 19th-Century Boston
In a city steeped in history, very few residents understand the powerful legacy of opium money.
by
Martha Bebinger
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WBUR
on
July 31, 2017
The Hunt for General Tso
The origins of Chinese-American dishes, and the spots where these two cultures have combined to form a new cuisine.
by
Jennifer 8 Lee
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TED
on
July 1, 2008
Viewpoints on the China Trade
Even within itself, the China trade was a complex, multisided, many-splendored thing.
by
John Demos
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Commonplace
on
January 1, 2005
How America Lost Control of the Seas
Thanks to decades of misguided policy choices, the U.S. has an astonishing lack of maritime capacity.
by
Arnav Rao
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The Atlantic
on
May 28, 2025
“Endless Bad Infinity”
A conversation with the creators of a podcast series on the feedback loop of American empire.
by
Charlotte Rosen
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Noah Kulwin
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Brendan James
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Public Books
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April 22, 2025
Growing Up U.S.A.I.D.
As a child in postings around the world, the author witnessed the agency’s complex relationship with American empire—and with autocrats everywhere.
by
Jon Lee Anderson
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The New Yorker
on
February 25, 2025
How America Wasted Its Most Powerful Economic Weapon
If world leaders had been clearer about the sanctions Putin would face, they might have deterred his invasion of Ukraine.
by
Edward Fishman
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The Atlantic
on
February 24, 2025
What Happened the Last Time a President Purged the Bureaucracy
The impact can linger not just for years but decades.
by
Clay Risen
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Politico Magazine
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February 6, 2025
How Jimmy Carter Became a Cold War Hawk
Jimmy Carter is associated with an idealistic “human rights agenda.” In reality, he was paving the way for Ronald Reagan’s aggressive anti-communism.
by
Seth Ackerman
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Aaron Donaghy
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Jacobin
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December 29, 2024
Jimmy Carter Was the True Change Agent of the Cold War
There’s a reason the 39th president is still revered by former Soviet dissidents.
by
Michael Hirsh
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Foreign Policy
on
December 29, 2024
Brad DeLong’s Long March Through the 20th Century
A sweeping new history chronicles a century of unprecedented economic progress driven by markets and innovation.
by
Thomas Strand
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Jacobin
on
December 15, 2024
Bring Back the War Department
If you want a clear strategy for winning wars, don’t play a semantic game with the name of the department that’s charged with the strategy’s execution.
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Elliot Ackerman
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The Atlantic
on
December 5, 2024
The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict
History can make the U.S. better prepared for the specter of protracted large-scale ground combat, which has grown more real in the wake of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
by
Andrew J. Forney
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Texas National Security Review
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October 14, 2024
How U.S. Public Opinion Has Changed in 20 Years of Our Surveys
We took a closer look at how Americans’ views and experiences have evolved on a variety of topics over the last 20 years.
by
Jenn Hatfield
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Pew Research Center
on
September 13, 2024
How Everything Became National Security
And national security became everything.
by
Daniel W. Drezner
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Foreign Affairs
on
August 12, 2024
Oppenheimer’s Second Coming
Japanese were interested when Oppenheimer visited Japan as an honored guest in 1960. Will they be also interested in the Nolan film released today in Japan?
by
Gregory Kulacki
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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March 28, 2024
American Nightmares
Wang Huning and Alexis de Tocqueville’s dark vision of the future.
by
Tanner Greer
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Scholar's Stage
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March 28, 2024
Remember When the U.S. Secretly Built a Social Network to Destabilize Cuba?
U.S.-funded social networks were launched in 2010 with ZunZuneo and Piramideo in 2013.
by
Matt Novak
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Gizmodo
on
March 15, 2024
Kissinger Revisited
The former secretary of state is responsible for virtually every American geopolitical disaster of the past half-century.
by
Rick Perlstein
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The American Prospect
on
February 28, 2024
The Long Shadow of NAFTA
Neither side of the border has seen the benefits it was promised.
by
Helen Andrews
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The American Conservative
on
February 12, 2024
America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War
How 30 years of U.S. policy ended in disaster.
by
Stephen Walt
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Foreign Policy
on
October 18, 2023
It’s the Global Economy, Stupid
A new book on the Clinton presidency reveals how it abandoned a progressive vision for a finance-led agenda for economics and geopolitics.
by
Lily Geismer
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The American Prospect
on
October 6, 2023
Barbie and the Problem of Corporate Power
Stars of the movie about an iconic Mattel toy are on strike. Both the company’s history and Barbie’s plot illuminate how powerful corporations really are.
by
Rithika Ramamurthy
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Nonprofit Quarterly
on
July 31, 2023
The Revolutionary Chinese Suffragette Who Challenged America’s Politics
The story of Mabel Ping‑Hua Lee.
by
Mattie Kahn
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Literary Hub
on
June 22, 2023
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