Novedades

In June 2023, the Wagner Group assembled an armed convoy that included tanks and rocket launchers and set out on what seemed like a journey to take control of Moscow. The last person to attempt such a venture was Adolf Hitler. Wagner’s power began from patronage, then grew from international theft and extortion, until it was so great it exposed the weakness of Russia’s conventional military and became a threat to the Russian state, one that was not demonstrably eliminated until a private jet containing Wagner’s core commanders was blown up in midair.

Dr. Wendy Elisheva Somerson, PhD, shows how Jewish history lives in Jewish bodies—and how antisemitism and oppression disrupt our access to safety, dignity, and belonging. This unmetabolized trauma can lock us into a survival state that brings historical grief into the present moment…and keep us from exploring critical questions that help us tend our legacies and live into a better world.

This book examines the relationship between China and Taiwan, specifically in the regards to China’s overt efforts to reclaim control over the island from the time of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 to the present. The case studies of the three Taiwan Strait Crises (1954-1955, 1958, and 1995-1996) serve as examples of how China has failed militarily in these efforts, while the economic policies of the last 5 years (2009-2014) serve as an example of how the PRC has begun to succeed economically in regaining control over the island. Overall, the question ...