...Jacqueline Maria Hagan; Joshua T. Wassink “[L]abor-market reintegration is a complex and uneven process for return migrants.” Sixth in a series on social mobility around the world . © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Jacqueline...

...Joshua Busby Backsliding on the Paris Agreement by the United States and others is steering the globe down a dangerous path toward runaway climate change. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Busby Paris Agreement climate...

...Joshua Lustig A prominent philosopher of science calls for a radical political realignment to confront the existential threat posed by the climate crisis. Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime , by Bruno Latour Polity , 2018 © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved...

...Joshua Lustig A rising middle class in Pakistan is striving to reconcile aspirations for a modern lifestyle with a desire for a deeper embrace of Islam as a guide to everyday ethics. The New Pakistani Middle Class , by Ammara Maqsood Harvard University Press , 2017 © 2018 Current...

...Joshua Lustig A pair of political scientists warn that history offers many examples of democracies collapsing after demagogues come to power–and the United States is not immune How Democracies Die , by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt Crown , 2018 © 2018 Current History. All...

...Joshua Lustig In her latest and most ambitious work, the oral historian Svetlana Alexievich assembles a chorus of ambivalent memories of an empire's collapse and the wrenching quarter-century since. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets , by Svetlana Alexievich Random House , 2016...

...Joshua Kurlantzick Governments in Southeast Asia have adopted policies that are fueling militancy by restricting freedoms and fostering authoritarianism. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Kurlantzick Islamic State...

...Joshua Busby [F]or many developing countries, the Paris agreement is better than no deal and an important step in the right direction. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Busby negotiations Paris agreement Copenhagen...

...Joshua Lustig After the Paris massacres, a polemical essay and a novel provide alternative perspectives on the religious and colonial roots of the present state of emergency. Who Is Charlie? Xenophobia and the New Middle Class , by Emmanuel Todd Polity , 2015 The Meursault...

...Joshua Lustig In his new book, Steven Radelet hails the historic advances of developing nations over the past couple of decades in health, education, and poverty reduction, but hedges his bets on the future. The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World , by Steven Radelet . Simon...

...Joshua Lustig In his new book, Soner Cagaptay warns that backsliding on democracy will endanger Turkey's growing power and prosperity—as recent events emphatically attest. The Rise of Turkey: The Twenty-First Century's First Muslim Power , by Soner Cagaptay . Potomac Books , 2014 . ©...

...Joshua Lustig An anniversary occasions a look back through this magazine's archives. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Lustig Current History New York Times George Bernard Shaw world war international affairs...

...Joshua Lustig A new book attempts to explain why Russia lags in the commercial application of scientific discoveries despite its traditional prowess in the arts and sciences. Lonely Ideas: Can Russia Compete? , by Loren Graham . MIT Press , 2013 . © 2013 Current History. All rights...

...Joshua Lustig Development expert Lorenzo Cotula, in a forthcoming book, examines investment deals for massive tracts of African agricultural land and their consequences for local people and traditional livelihoods. In doing so he uncovers a number of prevalent misconceptions. The Great African...

...Joshua Lustig A new book traces the fitful evolution of international order and institutions from the Congress of Vienna to the advent of humanitarian interventions. Governing the World: The History of an Idea , by Mark Mazower . Penguin Press , 2012 . © 2013 Current History. All...

...Joshua Kurlantzick China, other Asian nations, and the United States remain unprepared for Myanmar to spark a refugee crisis, a large-scale conflict along its borders—or even a nuclear breakout. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California 242...