Sitemap - 2020 - Foreign Exchanges
Today in History: Happy New Year!
Today in History: December 26-28
Ask Derek Anything for December 28, 2020-January 3, 2021
Today in History: Merry Christmas!
World roundup: December 22 2020
World roundup: December 21 2020
Ask Derek Anything for December 21-27, 2020
World roundup: December 19-20 2020
World roundup: December 18 2020
World roundup: December 17 2020
World roundup: December 16 2020
World roundup: December 15 2020
World roundup: December 14 2020
Ask Derek Anything for December 14-20, 2020
World roundup: December 11-13 2020
The Anarchy at Samarra, part I: background
World roundup: December 10 2020
World roundup: December 9 2020
World roundup: December 8 2020
World roundup: December 7 2020
Ask Derek Anything for December 7-13, 2020
World roundup: December 5-6 2020
World roundup: December 4 2020
World roundup: December 3 2020
World roundup: December 2 2020
World roundup: December 1 2020
Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict, with Terje Østebø
Today in History, November 28-30
Ask Derek Anything for November 30-December 6, 2020
Here We Go Again (also Today in History, November 25-27)
World roundup: November 24 2020
World roundup: November 23 2020
Ask Derek Anything for November 23-29, 2020
World roundup: November 21-22 2020
World roundup: November 20 2020
World roundup: November 19 2020
World roundup: November 18 2020
Think Locally, Act Locally, with Alexander Thurston
World roundup: November 17 2020
World roundup: November 16 2020
Ask Derek Anything for November 16-22, 2020
World roundup: November 14-15 2020
World roundup: November 13 2020
World roundup: November 12 2020
World roundup: November 11 2020
World roundup: November 10 2020
World roundup: November 9 2020
Ask Derek Anything for November 9-15, 2020
World roundup: November 6-8 2020
World roundup: November 5 2020
World roundup: November 4 2020
World roundup: November 3 2020
Bolivia's Election and What's Next, with Thomas C. Field Jr.
World roundup: November 2 2020
Ask Derek Anything for November 2-8, 2020
World roundup: October 31-November 1 2020
World roundup: October 30 2020
World roundup: October 29 2020
World roundup: October 28 2020
World roundup: October 27 2020
World roundup: October 26 2020
Ask Derek Anything for October 26-November 1, 2020
Tomorrow: Tomorrow, the World, with Stephen Wertheim
World roundup: October 24-25 2020
World roundup: October 23 2020
World roundup: October 22 2020
World roundup: October 21 2020
World roundup: October 20 2020
World roundup: October 19 2020
Ask Derek Anything for October 19-25, 2020
World roundup: October 17-18 2020
World roundup: October 16 2020
The Institutions Behind US Foreign Policy, with Daniel Bessner
World roundup: October 15 2020
World roundup: October 14 2020
World roundup: October 13 2020
World roundup: October 12 2020
Ask Derek Anything for October 12-18, 2020
World roundup: October 10-11 2020
Alassane Ouattara and Politics in the Ivory Coast, with Jessica Moody (PODCAST 10-09-2020)
Today in Middle Eastern history: Heraclius becomes Byzantine emperor (610)
Ask Derek Anything for October 5-11, 2020
World roundup: October 3-4 2020
World roundup: September 30 2020
World roundup: September 29 2020
Conflict Flares Up in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Joshua Kucera (PODCAST 9-29-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for September 28-October 4, 2020
Today in History: September 25-27, 2020
World roundup: September 24 2020
World roundup: September 23 2020
World roundup: September 22 2020
World roundup: September 21 2020
Ask Derek Anything for September 21-27, 2020
World roundup: September 19-20 2020
World roundup: September 18 2020
Suleiman Frangieh, the PLO, and Lebanon's Descent into Civil War (PODCAST 9-18-2020)
World roundup: September 17 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Myriokephalon (1176)
World roundup: September 16 2020
World roundup: September 15 2020
World roundup: September 14 2020
Ask Derek Anything for September 14-20, 2020
World roundup: September 12-13 2020
World roundup: September 11 2020
World update: September 10 2020
World update: September 9 2020
World update: September 8 2020
World update: September 7 2020
Ask Derek Anything for September 7-13, 2020
The American Empire and Existential Enemies
World update: September 5-6 2020
World update: September 4 2020
A History of San Marino (PODCAST 9-04-2020)
World update: September 3 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Lalakaon (863)
World update: September 2 2020
World update: September 1 2020
Ask Derek Anything for August 31-September 6, 2020
World update: August 29-30 2020
The Coup in Mali, with Alex Thurston (PODCAST 8-26-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for August 24-30, 2020
World update: August 22-23 2020
Charles Helou and the prelude to war (PODCAST 8-21-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for August 17-23, 2020
World update: August 15-16 2020
Ethnic Federalism and Ethiopian politics, with Terje Østebø (PODCAST 8-13-2020)
Today(?) in Middle Eastern history: the Sack of Amorium (838)
Ask Derek Anything for August 10-16, 2020
Subscriber Essay: The Brief History of the Suri Empire
Nuclear Modernization and the Future of Arms Control, with John Carl Baker (PODCAST 8-05-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for August 3-9, 2020
Today in History: July 31-August 2
Ask Derek Anything for July 27-August 2, 2020
The Causes and Effects of the Korean War, with Owen Miller (PODCAST 7-22-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for July 20-26, 2020
Subscriber Essay: the Hagia Sophia
Blowing Back, with Brendan James and Noah Kulwin (PODCAST 7-15-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for July 13-19, 2020
The Assyrians: PODCAST 7-10-2020
Ask Derek Anything for July 6-12, 2020
Ask Derek Anything for June 29-July 5, 2020
Subscriber Essay (now unlocked): What do we know about the NYT's Russian bounty bombshell?
Lebanon during the presidency of Fuad Shihab (PODCAST 6-26-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for June 22-28, 2020
Kamil Chamoun's civil war dress rehearsal (PODCAST 6-19-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for June 15-21, 2020
Abdelmalek Droukdel's Legacy in the Sahel, with Alex Thurston (PODCAST 6-10-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for June 8-14, 2020
Subscriber Essay: the Mongol invasions of Iran
Bishara al-Khouri and the development of independent Lebanon (PODCAST 6-05-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for June 1-7, 2020
Today in history: May 29-June 1
Ask Derek Anything for May 25-31, 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Siege of Acre ends (1799)
Today in European history: the Siege of Syracuse ends (878)
Ask Derek Anything for May 18-24, 2020
Today in European history: the Battle of Djerba ends (1560)
Bolivia since Morales, with Thomas C. Field Jr. (PODCAST 5-13-2020)
Today in North African history: the Battle of Derna ends (1805)
Ask Derek Anything for May 11-17, 2020
COVID-19 in the Sahel, with Alex Thurston (PODCAST 5-06-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for May 4-10, 2020
The Bold and the Bolsonaros, with Andrew Fishman (PODCAST 4-27-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for April 27-May 3, 2020
World update: April 25-26 2020
Challenging the "Intellectual Dark Web," with Michael Brooks (PODCAST 4-20-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for April 20-26, 2020
World update: April 18-19 2020
The Black Death and the Mongols (PODCAST 4-16-2020)
Today in Caucasian history: the Battle of the Terek River (1395)
Ask Derek Anything for April 13-19, 2020
World update: April 11-12 2020
Europe's Crisis of Solidarity, with David Adler (PODCAST 4-07-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for April 6-12, 2020
Subscriber Essay: the history of the Hajj
When Empires Get Sick, with Patrick Wyman (PODCAST 4-02-2020)
GUEST POST: The Roots of Zoroastrianism, part 2
War and Disease, with Kelsey Atherton (PODCAST 3-30-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for March 30-April 5, 2020
World update: March 28-29 2020
Today in European history: the Siege of Thessaloniki ends (1430)
Today in European history: the (third) Siege of Algeciras ends (1344)
Pandemic Politics, with John Feffer (PODCAST 3-26-2020)
Ask Derek Anything for March 23-29, 2020
World update: March 21-22 2020
Today in South Asian history: Nader Shah sacks Delhi (1739)
Today in Middle Eastern history: Iran becomes "Iran" (1935)
World update: March 17 2020 (part 2)
World update: March 17 2020 (part 1)
Ask Derek Anything for March 16-22, 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Badr (624)
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Fall of Baghdad (1917)
Ask Derek Anything for March 9-15, 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the 8 March Revolution (1963)
Today in Iranian history: the Shahnameh is completed (1010)
Today in European history: the Siege of Chandax ends (961)
Today in European history: the Treaty of San Stefano (1878)
Ask Derek Anything for March 2-8, 2020
World update: February 29-March 1 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Massacre at the Citadel (1811)
World update: February 28 2020
PODCAST 2-28-2020: Mandatory Lebanon and World War II
World update: February 27 2020
World update: February 26 2020
World update: February 25 2020
Today in North African history: the Battle of Kasserine Pass ends (1943)
World update: February 24 2020
Today in South Asian history: the Battle of Karnal (1739)
Ask Derek Anything for February 24-March 1, 2020
World update: February 22-23 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the 1966 Syrian coup
World update: February 21 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the 1921 Iranian coup
World update: February 20 2020
PODCAST 2-20-2020: The French Mandate and Greater Lebanon
World update: February 19 2020
World update: February 18 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Sixth Crusade ends (1229)
World update: February 17, 2020
Ask Derek Anything for February 17-23, 2020
World update: February 15-16 2020
Today in North African history: the burning of the USS Philadelphia (1804)
World update: February 14 2020
Today in North African history: the Battle of Sidi Bouzid begins (1943)
World update: February 13 2020
World update: February 12 2020
World update: February 11, 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Iranian Revolution ends (1979)
World update: February 10 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Siege of Baghdad ends (1258)
Ask Derek Anything for February 10-16, 2020
World update: February 7-9 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: Iraq's Ramadan Revolution (1963)
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Mansurah begins (1250)
The Dollar's Role in American Empire, with David Adler and Daniel Bessner (PODCAST 2-04-2020)
Today in South Asian history: the Battle of Diu (1509)
Ask Derek Anything for February 3-9, 2020
World update: February 1-2 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Hama massacre begins (1982)
Today in Middle Eastern history: Khomeini returns from exile (1979)
Today in European history: the Skirmish at Bendery (1713)
PODCAST 1-30-2020: Lebanon from the Mutasarrifate through World War I
GUEST POST: Class Warfare in the Conspiracy of 1741
Ask Derek Anything for January 27-February 2, 2020
World update: January 25-26 2020
Today in European history: the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699)
Subscriber essay: Mandatory Differences
Today in South Asian history: the Battle of Talikota (1565)
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of the Zab (750)
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Republic of Mahabad is born (1946)
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Battle of Bakhamra (763)
World update: January 18-20 2020
Mauritania and the G5, with Alex Thurston: PODCAST 1-20-2020
Ask Derek Anything for January 20-26, 2020
Today in Middle Eastern history: Operation Desert Storm begins (1991)
Today in Caucasian history: the Battle of Sarikamish ends (1915)
Today in South Asian history: the Third Battle of Panipat (1761)
Soleimani, the Airliner, and What's Happening inside Iran, with Fatemeh Aman: PODCAST 1-13-2020
Ask Derek Anything for January 13-19, 2020
World update: January 11-12 2020
Today (?) in Middle Eastern history: Muhammad conquers Mecca (630?)
Today in European history: the Battle of Vaslui (1475)
Today in European history: the Gallipoli campaign ends (1916)
Ask Derek Anything for January 6-12, 2020
Subscriber essay: a Qasem Soleimani Q&A
Today in Middle Eastern history: the Faysal-Weizmann Agreement (1919)