Current History @CurrentHistory1
America's oldest journal of contemporary world affairs. Founded 1914. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory California Joined August 2013-
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"The debate had almost nothing to do with the science. It was about politics." Naomi Oreskes explains how free market ideology helped drive decades of climate denial—and why confronting climate change means rethinking what freedom really means. Read more: online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
"The landscape of nuclear arms control over the last two decades has been one of steady erosion." Mike Albertson explains why—and argues that practical, incremental cooperation offers the best path to reducing nuclear risks—in his featured essay: online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
Our July 2026 issue, the first managed by our new editorial team from @UCIGCC, is now fully available to read free online: online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our May issue, Jody Benjamin reviews a book by @toby00green on 17th-century struggles with Portuguese colonial rule in a West Atlantic port town. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our new Africa issue, John J. Chin explains why the Sahel coup belt is spreading. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our May issue, @drjustinpearce surveys 50 years of strife in Angola and Mozambique. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our annual Africa issue, Basile Ndjio examines the history of LGBT+ exclusion and resistance in Cameroon. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our new Africa issue, Moses Khisa traces Uganda’s drift toward dynastic autocracy. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our annual Africa issue, Patrick Desplat explains what drove Madagascar’s Gen Z uprising. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay by Ebenezer Obadare in our May issue, on Africa’s debate over democracy: online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
More in our new issue: John J. Chin on the Sahel coup belt’s spread, Ebenezer Obadare on the African democracy debate, and Jody Benjamin’s review of a book on 17th-century struggles with Portuguese colonial rule in a West Atlantic port town. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
Our annual Africa issue is out! With Patrick Desplat on Madagascar’s Gen Z uprising, Moses Khisa on Uganda’s autocratic drift, Basile Ndjio on LGBT+ exclusion and resistance in Cameroon, @drjustinpearce on 50 years of strife in Angola and Mozambique… online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
A decade after my last contribution to @currenthistory1 I have a new article on how the habits of ruling parties & the possibilities for opposition in #Angola & #Mozambique are constrained by history 50 years after independence. (Not open access: I can share a copy on request.)
In our annual South Asia issue, Šumit Ganguly considers the legacies of Indira Gandhi's Emergency in a review of Srinath Raghavan's new book on the late prime minister's years in power in the 1970s and early 1980s. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our April South Asia issue, Anirudh Krishna @DukeSanford examines the key role of blocked social mobility in a wave of Gen Z protests in the region and beyond, proposing potential solutions. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our April South Asia issue, @sshneiderman and Salina Dolmo Lama explain how Nepal’s 2025 Gen Z protests toppled a regime, from the key role of social media to the movement's dilemmas on issues such as hierarchy and corruption. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our annual South Asia issue, Magnus Marsden details the long history of Afghans’ now-imperiled presence in Pakistan and their connective role across the region and beyond. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our new issue, Xu Peng (@SOASDevelopment) explains why China’s interventions in Myanmar's armed conflicts are limited and focused on the border region. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
In our annual South Asia issue, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and @alfgunvald examine the linkages between state-sanctioned communal violence and Hindu nationalist legislation and ideology in India. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
For a limited time, enjoy free access to this essay by Atreyee Sen in our annual South Asia issue—on the growing real-world impact of online anger, as seen in the recent toppling of governments in Bangladesh and Nepal. online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
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