In that sense Israel does not resemble Belgium in the Congo or Britain in India. Whatever else one believes about Israel or ...

The main obstacle to correcting this historical flaw is the rigid application of colonial boundaries, often defended by the legal principle of uti possidetis juris (the sanctity of colonial borders) ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

Explore how Africa’s colonial borders still shape politics, conflicts, and identities across the continent today.

According to this logic, African countries would be more likely to attract investment and trade opportunities in a system less concerned about issues of democracy and good governance. But Trump’s ...

He died eight days after an attack outside his university gates. On August 13, 22-year-old Leeroy Kundai Ziweya, a Zimbabwean ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

Even where national parks are well run, their presence does little to help preserve semi-protected areas such as ...

After World War II, France struggled to hold onto its vast African colonies. Nationalist movements, Cold War rivalries, and ...

What is lost are political structures, economic systems, and ruling elites. What persists - always - are the people and their informational legacy. Customs, tools, beliefs, and institutions integrate ...