Heritage Looting, Blood Antiquities, and the International Fight Against Terrorism Financing
Understanding the world of art - particularly antiquities and archaeological artifacts - requires tracing how objects are removed from the ground, displaced by conflict or economic hardship, and ultimately reappear in the international art market. The odyssey of an artifact from its excavation site to an auction house, a private collection, or a ......
Pop art. Plastic go-go boots. Diversifying radio formats, including the emergence of "underground" FM. Electric guitars and other instruments, distortion pedals, synthesizers, and tape effects. Mind-altering drugs. Immersive lightshows and high-volume performances. The multiplication of musical genres. A transformation in pop music came to a head ......
Pop art. Plastic go-go boots. Diversifying radio formats, including the emergence of "underground" FM. Electric guitars and other instruments, distortion pedals, synthesizers, and tape effects. Mind-altering drugs. Immersive lightshows and high-volume performances. The multiplication of musical genres. A transformation in pop music came to a head ......
For all his immense literary fame, Anton Chekhov is unknown as a thinker. In Chekhov's Antidotes, Corrigan offers a bold reassessment of why Chekhov's thought matters, both for his own time and for ours. Widely regarded as a purveyor of gloom and indecision, Chekhov was in fact a reparative moral philosopher who fought back against the pathologies ......
The root of all inequality is the process of othering - and its solution is the practice of belonging We all yearn for connection and community, but we live in a time when calls for further division along the well-wrought lines of religion, race, ethnicity, caste, and sexuality are pervasive. This ubiquitous yet elusive problem feeds on fears ......
Taiwan Under the Shadow of China in the 21st Century
How can a small democracy resist the influence of a powerful authoritarian neighbor? Taiwan is frequently praised for its successful economic development and peaceful transition to democracy, serving as a model for other developing countries. However, it faces substantial challenges, both from internal political divisions and external geopolitical ......
Arms control is eroding amid a rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain security environment. In addition to a spate of treaty withdrawals and demises that have occurred since 2002, major powers are militarizing space, and private actors are developing technologies at lightning speed. Thus, there is an urgent need for arms control agreements ......
Taiwan Under the Shadow of China in the 21st Century
How can a small democracy resist the influence of a powerful authoritarian neighbor? Taiwan is frequently praised for its successful economic development and peaceful transition to democracy, serving as a model for other developing countries. However, it faces substantial challenges, both from internal political divisions and external geopolitical ......
Arms control is eroding amid a rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain security environment. In addition to a spate of treaty withdrawals and demises that have occurred since 2002, major powers are militarizing space, and private actors are developing technologies at lightning speed. Thus, there is an urgent need for arms control agreements ......
