History, the study of documented events and change over time, is at its foundation the study of people—singularly and collectively, with their shared and conflicting natures, choices, attitudes and ...

The resurgence of inflation in the United States has roused political concern and stirred the Federal Reserve to pivot from patience to seemingly urgent action. Higher inflation has also led to ...

However, I’ve observed that we don’t always learn from historical events, be they in geopolitics, our personal lives or our professional experiences. In my view, that’s to our detriment because, as ...

As a historian working in professional military education, I find myself in the awkward position of warning strategists and students alike against drawing too many lessons from history. As quick ...

Explore the ancient Chinese proverb 'Studying the past helps to understand the present' and uncover invaluable life lessons ...

As we build up so many lessons over time, it often baffles me why we don’t learn more from what we’ve gone through—as professionals, as learners, and as humans. These days, we seem to move in ways ...

First, they came with questions. Would there be a draft? Was this going to become World War III? What would an invasion of Ukraine mean for the United States? Then, as more and more information came ...

For the very first time in my life, last month I visited a genocide memorial site. I felt nervous and unsure about what to expect. I grew up hearing stories about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi ...