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Martin Di Caro

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Martin Di Caro was the host of the History As It Happens podcast at The Washington Times.

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People hold portraits of Mahsa Amini during a protest against the Iranian regime, in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic republic's notorious "morality police". The 22-year-old died in Iran while in police custody on Sept. 16 after her arrest three days prior for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

History As It Happens: Voices of Iran

Thousands of Iranians are demanding an end to the ayatollahs' rule, but it's unclear if the Islamic regime will ever embrace fundamental change for its people.

December 7, 2022
Protesters hold up blank white papers during a commemoration for victims of a recent Urumqi deadly fire in Central in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest against China’s anti-virus controls after crowds in mainland cities called for President Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. (AP Photo/Zen Soo)

History As It Happens: Voices of China

Ordinary Chinese citizens are bravely defying their authoritarian regime. Will the protests against Covid restrictions blossom into something more?

November 30, 2022
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during arrival ceremonies at the White House where the superpowers begin their three-day summit talks in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1987. Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)

History As It Happens: Reagan’s vision

Historian William Inboden argues Ronald Reagan's policy of "peace through strength" brought down the Soviet Union. He wants today's Republicans to remember why engagement with the world is necessary.

November 23, 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. The two leaders used the occasion of the Winter Olympics in Beijing to hold a summit and show solidarity. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

History As It Happens: Who makes history?

Hitler biographer Ian Kershaw sees glimpses of the past century's authoritarian rulers in today's autocrats, making it critical to understand how individual leaders can shape the course of history.

November 16, 2022
In this Oct. 11, 1918, file photo first lady Edith Wilson, center, and President Woodrow Wilson, left, arrive in New York to take part in the Liberty Day Parade. Woodrow Wilson was more focused on the end of World War I than a flu virus that was making its way around the globe, ultimately sickening hundreds of thousands of Americans, including him. (AP Photo, File)

History As It Happens: Getting Wilson wrong

Most presidents over the past century have echoed Woodrow Wilson's "the world must be made safe for democracy." A leading historian argues our foreign policy has dangerously strayed from Wilson's actual vision.

November 2, 2022