World History Threads

The Castaway Who Helped Open Japan

The story of the samurai interpreter who negotiated for the Shogunate

Jul 5 • Keinosuke Kobayashi

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June 2026

Democracy and the Erosion of Its Own Liberal Constraints

Many people ask, is democracy in crisis?

Jun 7 • Fredric Tiberius K. Chung

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May 2026

A Realist Argument Against the Vietnam War

Why Realism is not the perpetrator of the failures in Vietnam

May 25 • The World of Geopolitics

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The Danger of AI Is Clear: Control May Be Impossible

Dangerous by design? The unresolved question of AI regulation

May 10 • Alexander Chung

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Re-Examining Russell's Claim on Rousseau, Locke, and Their Political Heirs

According to Bertrand Russell, “Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke.” To what extent was he correct?

May 4 • Fredric Tiberius K. Chung

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April 2026

The Major Richard Star Act

Today's veterans are penalized financially for the very injuries they sustained in service

Apr 30 • Samson Cain

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The Influence of Left Internationalism in the 1968 Columbia Protests

An analysis of language and rhetoric

Apr 18 • Samson Cain

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March 2026

The Age of Fluid Alliances

Why realist foreign policy is here to stay and what the future of the international system may hold

Mar 15 • The World of Geopolitics

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February 2026

Democracy is not a Doctrine

The strategic limits of exporting democracy

Feb 13 • The World of Geopolitics

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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…

Feb 6 • Regina Balbalosa

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Why Popular Revolutions Rarely Dismantle Political Elites

Mass mobilization, institutional continuity, and the persistence of power

Feb 3 • Regina Balbalosa

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January 2026

The Trabant: An East German Automotive Pinnacle

A microcosm of East German socialism

Jan 31 • Ayushmaan Mukherjee

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