The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 had attempted to resolve a previous era of religious wars and there began the development of ...

The Nobel Peace Prize has often been a prisoner of geostrategic interests and served as a conduit for legitimacy for men and women with blood on their hands. This calls for a rechristening ...

Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the ...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.

Matthew Becklo discusses his new book and its themes, from polarization and the present spiritual crisis to 'heaven-earth ...

Queen Elizabeth II met 13 American presidents. A new book, "The Queen and Her Presidents," looks at how she skillfully navigated those relationships.

Scholars and students have spent nearly a decade documenting and digitizing a vast, first-of-its-kind repository for hundreds ...

During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies.

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Monday that it is overturning a restraint on churches and other houses of worship ...

This is part of a running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of ...