The proposal to partition British India along religious lines was put forward as early as 1940. The resulting constitutional provision endured until 2019.

Some scholars and scientists are calling climate change the invisible player in Syria's ongoing civil war. But is that too simplistic an explanation?

Countries like Liberia and Chad have a lot of oil, and yet little of their wealth has translated into public welfare. Some blame the "resource curse."

The way Americans metabolized the global threat of nuclear war has had lasting effects on how we think about our newest global threat: climate change.

China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative involves significant funding for infrastructure projects around the world, aiming to improve trade and more.

In the early 20th century, the Country Life Movement tried to make rural life appeal to women. But it ignored many truths about farms and women alike.

Ever since it was founded as a republic in 1923, Turkey has struggled with its so-called Kurdish issue.

Gandhi's legacy helped shape independent India, if in sometimes indirect ways.

France's Yellow Vests have been protesting for months on end. Such protests are an integral part of France's culture.