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By Eline van Ommen, author of Nicaragua Must Survive: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold WarWhen I submitted my dissertation in 2019, my supervisor gave me the mug that had been on her desk for years. Printed on it were the red and black silhouettes of people waving rifles, fl

As the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations convenes this week in New Orleans, UC Press is pleased to remove the paywall from select journal content that we think will be of interest to SHAFR members and conference attendees. Pacific Historical ReviewPacific Historica

We've removed the paywall from select issues of two of our leading international studies journals, Asian Survey and Current History. We invite those attending the International Studies Association either in person or virtually to explore two of the journals' most popular issues, Asian Survey's annua

The Impact of the Ukraine War on Asia: a special double issue from Asian Survey

The beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 shocked the world, setting off the largest-scale land war in Europe since at least the Balkan wars of the 1990s, and driving more than 1.5 million civilians to flee to countries to the west. Russian President Vladimir Putin had deli

Afghanistan has a rich history of customary or traditional governance structures which have remained central to the lives of most citizens, who rely on these community-based bodies to resolve disputes, provide small-scale public goods and services, and to broker relations with local government. The

We've removed the paywall from Asian Survey's annual year-in-review issue which looks back at the biggest stories concerning Asia in 2020, a year during which the COVID-19 pandemic and a trade dispute between the United States and China dominated the headlines. As the world continues to grapple with