When you boil down International Relations, you are analyzing history. But you’re also watching sociological and on occasion psychological dynamics unfolding on the world stage.

In the modern Western world, young people have more opportunities available to them than those in previous generations. With a world of resources and information at their fingertips, it can be hard for young people to choose where they want to go after compulsory schooling.

Many people may believe that the locals from that country actually eat that same thing the same way that Americans do. Which isn’t always the case.

English was a global language before the 20th century. By metrics, around 40% of English words are actually loanwords, originating from other languages.

Happy Birthday! Or is it? The Historical Roots of Birthdays For most cultures of the world, birthdays are a staple in one’s life. They mark the milestones of the human experience in their culture. From being able to reach certain developmental markers to reaching legal requirements. Birthdays started with the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks. The Egyptians would mark the crowning of Pharaoh as a “birth-day,” as that was considered the day he would be “born” as a god. The Greeks w

Look back from the timing to the medical results of Good Friday.

A simple reminder for travelers: learning a few basic phrases can make a meaningful difference—and shouldn’t be replaced by expecting English everywhere.

World War I did not begin in 1914 with a single assassination. Decades of alliance politics, fear, and structural change had already destabilized Europe.

Four years into the war in Ukraine, many of the justifications used to defend it collapse under historical scrutiny. From the Budapest Memorandum to NATO expansion and questions of sovereignty, this conflict is not just about territory — it is about the legitimacy of a nation and the future of the post–Cold War order.

We live forward, but we judge backward. In doing so, we flatten time, overvalue hindsight, and forget the limits of information that shaped historical decisions.