History As It Happens: When Volcker ruled
Paul Volcker was lionized for defeating inflation in the early 1980s. His biographer says Jerome Powell ignored his lessons.
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History As It Happens: The tragedy of Russia's wars
Military historian Antony Beevor's latest book illustrates the violent connections between past and present.
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.
History As It Happens: America's Taiwan conundrum
The Washington Times' Guy Taylor visits Taiwan as China escalates its intimidation tactics against the island the CCP vows to reabsorb.
History As It Happens: Buchanan's party
Pat Buchanan and his "America First" platform had an enduring influence on the GOP. Did he set the stage for Trump?
History As It Happens: Flirting with Armageddon
On the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Russian leader is threatening to use nuclear weapons. Khrushchev backed down in 1962. Will Putin?
History As It Happens: When America failed the Jews
A historian who appeared in a new PBS documentary on the Holocaust explains the roots of America's failure to help Europe's Jews.
History As It Happens: The war that never ended
Historian Jeremi Suri traces the violent backlash of the post-Civil War period to today's fight over the future of American democracy.
History As It Happens: Mount Vernon and the 'history wars'
In the second in a two-part series from inside the Washington Library at Mount Vernon, special guests Joseph Ellis and Doug Bradburn talk about interpreting George Washington's 18th century life for a 21st century audience.
History As It Happens: Joseph Ellis on George Washington's legacy
In the first of a two-part series from inside the Washington Library at Mount Vernon, special guests Joseph Ellis and Doug Bradburn discuss the enduring importance of the first president's legacy.
History As It Happens: The 'fake' populists
Who really stands for the interests of ordinary Americans? An old debate returns to American politics.
History As It Happens: From Mussolini to Meloni
Historian Roger Griffin says fascism isn't returning to Italy, but the rise of Giorgia Meloni was an expected outcome in a European-wide illiberal trend.
History As It Happens: The wars of Soviet succession
Moldova, Georgia, Crimea, and now the rest of Ukraine. Historian Michael Kimmage explains Putin's strategy to reassert Russian dominance in its "near abroad."
History As It Happens: Why annexation could lead to endless conflict in eastern Ukraine
No Ukrainian government would recognize the legitimacy of the Kremlin's sham referenda. Years of swinging between hot war and frozen conflict are the likely result.
History As It Happens: War and the United Nations
The U.N. has a decidedly mixed record of preventing war and promoting global harmony. The war in Ukraine has exposed once more the global body's inherent weaknesses.
History As It Happens: The queen's empire
Not everyone is feeling nostalgic for the complicated world Elizabeth II left behind.
History As It Happens: Semi-fascism?
Two scholars of political movements contend President Biden's "semi-fascism" remark about MAGA Republicans dangerously distorts history.
History As It Happens: The Carter comparison
Joseph Biden's first two years in office are reminding Democrats of their last one-term president. Similar to Mr. Biden's rocky start, Jimmy Carter's presidency combined back luck with questionable leadership.
History As It Happens: Resurrecting John Brown
When is political violence justified?
History As It Happens: The man who ended Soviet Communism
Mikhail Gorbachev's transformative rule was made possible by his open mind and willingness to change. The 20th century saw few, if any, leaders like the Soviet Union's final premier.
