Winter-Spring 2000
Stephanie Wang. Originally published in the HIR Winter/Spring 2000 Issue. Popular stereotypes of Gypsies as sultry dancers, inscrutable fortune-tellers, and carefree wanderers have surrounded the Gypsies with a romantic mystique. In reality, Eastern European Gypsies, or Roma, as they prefer to be called, have had a bleak existence characterized
Europe
Ever since the demise of the Soviet Union, revolutions have wracked the former Soviet republics: the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan, and the Rose Revolution in Georgia. In April of this year, Armenia followed in their footsteps: a popular movement led by journalist,
September 1980
Jennifer Widner. Originally published in the HIR September 1980 Issue. The Soviet press greeted the recent strikes in Poland and the decision to concede Polish workers the right to form independent trade unions first with silence, then with sharply worded disapproval. For the first time in nine years, the USSR
April-May 1980
Tomislav Dubrovac. Originally published in the HIR April-May 1980 Issue. For years the world has speculated about the fate of Yugoslavia after President Tito's demise. How will the various nationalities, especially the Croatians and the Serbians, behave? What opportunities will the Soviet Union have to draw Yugoslavia back into the
Defense
Rebecca Strode. Originally published in the HIR March 1980 Issue. Over the past fifteen years, both the intensity and direction of Soviet military developments have repeatedly surprised the American leaders. The Soviet leaders increased their military power far beyond the level their security seems to require, and they developed certain
Defense
Elizabeth D. Sherwood. Originally published in the HIR February 1980 Issue. "The defense efforts now underway within NATO demonstrate the collective determination of the allies to meet new challenges. To improve NATO's conventional forces and to make more efficient use of combined resources, the alliance is proceeding with a long-term
Europe
Antonio Bar. Originally published in the HIR February 1980 Issue. Spain's democratic recuperation began in earnest after the general elections of June 1977 and peaked in December 1978 with the popular ratification of the constitution written by the first democratically elected Cortes (the Spanish bicameral parliament) in 41 years. More
Employment & Immigration
Jennifer Widner. Originally published in the HIR February 1980 Issue. Good fortune has befallen many in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The streets overflow with tales of expatriate workers who find well-paying jobs in Middle East boom towns and quickly become "wealthy" men. Typical is the rags-to-riches story of a houseboy from
Europe
Although the debate over whether to return antiquities looted or stolen in the past occupies a fair amount of airtime within the archaeological community, the scale of the modern illicit antiquities trade should not be scoffed at either, as looting of antiquities poses a threat across the world.
Europe
While Mr. Macron’s challenges do appear substantial, there has never existed a more suitable time to reform and further integrate Europe.
Defense
Trident is the nuclear weapons program of the United Kingdom, which consists of four nuclear-armed submarines that have been deployed since 1994.
Energy & Environment
Germany has never been consistent in its nuclear policy-making, at times leading the way as a nuclear powerhouse and at others calling for an end to nuclear reactors of all types.