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General Stanley McChrystal: Service, Society, and Leadership
An in-depth interview with General McChrystal on the intersection of military service and societal duty
 • Samson Cain
Democracy is not a Doctrine
The strategic limits of exporting democracy
 • The World of Geopolitics
The Rise of Managerial Power: How Experts Came to Rule Modern States
How did bureaucrats, consultants, and technocrats become central political actors in the modern world—and what was lost when expertise began to replace…
 • Regina Balbalosa
Why Popular Revolutions Rarely Dismantle Political Elites
Mass mobilization, institutional continuity, and the persistence of power
 • Regina Balbalosa
The Trabant: An East German Automotive Pinnacle
A microcosm of East German socialism
 • Ayushmaan Mukherjee
The Rise of Fascism in Nazi Germany: A Historiographical Approach
How and why did Nazism arise in 20th-century Germany? Why did Nazism win compared to other radical alternatives?
 • Samson Cain
Emergency Powers: History and Lessons to Contemporary Democracies
Exploring the history and state of executive power
 • Adarsh yadav
A Historical Analysis of the SAT
How a tool for equity became a gatekeeper: The SAT’s lasting impact on opportunity and inequality in college admissions
 • Sonia Roy
A Platoon Leader’s Reflections on War and Its Aftermath
Reflections from Baquba and beyond
 • Samson Cain
The History of Economic Thought in the United States
The political legacy of U.S. fiscal crises
 • Samson Cain
Nietzsche and Marx: The Roots of the Modern Right and Left
A Comparative Analysis (and Critique) of Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx’s Revolutionary Views on History, Morality, Class Conflict, and the Broader…
 • Samson Cain
The 10th Mountain Division
A historical account of one of World War II’s most famed military units
 • Miles Dinger
World History Threads
World History Threads
A journal of history-related essays written by high school students from all over the world, founded and edited by Samson Cain. Our essays link historical events to modern day issues, and encourage cross-cultural dialogue and understanding.
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