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Yearly Archives: 2026

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  • 23 Jun 2026
    Shahla F. Ali

    Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure? Assessing the Development of Dispute Prevention Mechanisms in Infrastructure Financing

    While infrastructure development has long been associated with social progress, economic development and advanced living standards, it has likewise given rise to challenges including disruption, environmental harm and inequity. On the one hand, infrastructure development has been described as presenting both ‘immaterial ideals and material notions necessary to change the world’.[1] It speaks to both […]

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  • 19 Jun 2026
    Maartje Abbenhuis

    When is a bullet too deadly to use?

    When is a bullet too deadly to use? When it is banned in the law of war. But why, in a world of deeply violent weapons, would a bullet be considered too violent when these others are not? Entitled The Dum-Dum Bullet: A Lethal History, my new book narrates the history of small arms ammunitions […]

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  • 18 Jun 2026
    Romain Fathi, Susanne Schech, Neville Wylie, Melanie Oppenheimer

    Resilient Humanitarianism. A new history of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement

    Whether it’s the recent Ebola crisis in Africa or the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and war in Ukraine, the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent (IFRC) is there, alongside the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The symbol of the Red Cross is […]

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  • 17 Jun 2026
    Nicolas Lemay-Hébert

    International Leviathans: Practices of Sovereignty by International Administrations

    Calls to establish international administrations have been made in numerous contemporary contexts, including Afghanistan, the Congo, Haiti, Kosovo, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Palestine, South Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste or Yemen. More recently, they have been made in the context of the war in the Middle East (to “administer” Palestine) or in the Ukraine. Some of these projects […]

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  • 16 Jun 2026
    Phillip S. Meilinger

    Building an Air Force: The Air Corps and the Formation of US Airpower

    The United States entered World War II ill-prepared.  This was typical—to avoid preparing for war until it occurred.  At that point, herculean efforts were exerted, industry and resources were mobilized, huge sums appropriated, and an overwhelming military juggernaut was built, trained, and deployed.  It would take time, but the country’s latent power would ensure success—eventually. […]

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  • 16 Jun 2026
    Philip T. Hoffman

    Why Europe?

    Economic growth transformed human society, freeing us from a world where nearly everyone was mired in poverty and half of all kids died before adulthood. Life before growth remained tough even for the survivors of childhood disease.  The only exception were the select few rich enough to employ servants.  Everyone else had to haul water […]

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  • 11 Jun 2026
    Genevive Bjorn

    The Book I Wish Had on My Desk

    My first week of doctoral coursework at Johns Hopkins in 2017 came with four hundred pages of reading. The second week came with five hundred. I had been reading science for a living for a decade — as a journalist, a teacher, a writer — and by the middle of the term it was an […]

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  • 11 Jun 2026
    Suyog Dixit, Jason Anderson

    Translanguaging: A practical theory for learning in English language classrooms

    In our work with English language educators across the globe, we are frequently asked questions such as: How should different languages be used in the English classroom? How do we assess students fairly? and What approaches help to deepen understanding or critical thinking? In response to these and other questions, we find translanguaging theory useful […]

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