It has also always been one face of American empire. Established during the Cold War to counter Soviet influence, the agency ...

Senator Loren Legarda emphasized the power of culture and history in shaping modern Filipino identity at the relaunch of the ...

Senator Loren Legarda on Wednesday underscored Manila’s pivotal role in shaping modern Filipino identity as she led the ...

But until relatively recently, most of the world was in a continuous state of trade war. Until the 19th century, mercantilism was dominant in Europe. Mercantilist thinkers posited, roughly ...

Imagine that you are a merchant in 17th-century Mexico. With bated breath, you stand at the harbor of Acapulco, eagerly ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Over the past few months, and especially in his second Inaugural Address, Trump has gone all 19th century on us ... the Atlantic were the old states — Europe. Periodically, Europeans like ...

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island. Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always ...

Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum dedicated to one of the fabled route's final traders.

Mention Tannat to seasoned wine drinkers and some think southwest France, where, historically, a highly tannic version is grown in Madiran. Others think Uruguay, where the grape is part of the ...

The Hebridean Whisky Trail features seven distilleries spread across five islands off of Scotland’s northwest coast. The ...