From muskets to baseball: NYS Museum exhibit will commemorate 250 years of work for human rights

The New York State Museum will open a huge exhibit this summer to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the ...

Can Trump's 'gunboat diplomacy' stop Iran from blocking the flow of oil? Not likely, say experts

The Strait of Hormuz is only 60 metres at its shallowest and 33 kilometres at its narrowest, with shipping lanes no more than two kilometres wide. Naval experts like Mark Norman, a retired ...
PhillyVoice

USS Philadelphia, the oldest surviving warship in U.S., wasn't built in the city. So how did it get its name?

The gunboat sank during the Revolutionary War and wasn't found for 159 years. The Smithsonian is sprucing it up for America's 250th birthday.
The Australian

A tale of two fleets: gunboat diplomacy in an era of rising military power

Both were shows of force. The former expressed President Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy of speaking softly while carrying a big stick – the original version of peace through strength – while the ...
Counterfire

Trump’s Iran War and the Unravelling of Pax Americana

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica argues that the US-Israeli war in Iran signals major changes in the geo-political shape of the Middle East.