In our May issue, Jody Benjamin reviews a book by Toby Green on 17th-century struggles with Portuguese colonial rule in a West Atlantic port town. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

In our new Africa issue, John J. Chin explains why the Sahel coup belt is spreading. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

In our May issue, @justinpearce.bsky.social surveys 50 years of strife in Angola and Mozambique. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

In our annual Africa issue, Basile Ndjio examines the history of LGBT+ exclusion and resistance in Cameroon. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

In our new Africa issue, @moseskhisa.bsky.social traces Uganda’s drift toward dynastic autocracy. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

In our annual Africa issue, Patrick Desplat explains what drove Madagascar’s Gen Z uprising. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

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/currenthisto...

Our annual Africa issue is out! With Patrick Desplat on Madagascar’s Gen Z uprising, @moseskhisa.bsky.social on Uganda’s autocratic drift, Basile Ndjio on LGBT+ exclusion in Cameroon, @justinpearce.bsky.social on 50 years of strife in Angola and Mozambique… online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

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.

In our April South Asia issue, Anirudh Krishna @dukesanford.bsky.social examines the key role of blocked social mobility in a wave of Generation Z protests in the region and beyond, proposing potential solutions.

In our April South Asia issue, Sara Shneiderman and Salina Dolmo Lama @sppga.ubc.ca 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.

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.

In our new issue, Xu Peng (@soasdevelopment.bsky.social) explains why China’s interventions in Myanmar's armed conflicts are limited and focused on the border region.

In our annual South Asia issue, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and @alfnilsen.bsky.social examine the linkages between state-sanctioned communal violence and Hindu nationalist legislation and ideology in India.

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.

Our annual South Asia issue is out! With Kenneth Bo Nielsen and @alfnilsen.bsky.social on violence and Hindu nationalist statecraft, Xu Peng on China’s selective interventions in Myanmar, Magnus Marsden on Afghans’ imperiled presence in Pakistan…

In our annual Europe issue, Monica Black reviews a new history of the Weimar Republic’s collapse, when "the enemies of democracy possessed a single-minded impulse to destroy the Republic, and to blow up with it the boundaries of customary behavior, moral sanction, and obedience to law."

In our new Europe issue, Manos Matsaganis assesses Greece’s uneven recovery from its catastrophic fiscal crisis and experiment with populist governance a decade ago.

In our annual Europe issue, Josip Kešić and @jwduyvendak.bsky.social explain the rise and normalization of nativism in the Netherlands, across the political spectrum.

In honor of Jürgen Habermas, who has died at 96, enjoy free access to this Current History virtual issue on public spheres around the world, a series originally published in 2015–16. Contributors include @sashaetkind.bsky.social, ‪@abuaardvark.bsky.social‬ and @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social.

In our new Europe issue, Emilia Zankina describes the politics of corruption in Bulgaria, where citizen protests against state capture are growing larger than ever.

In our new Europe issue, Smoki Musaraj explains how informal financing has driven Albania’s speculative housing market and changed the country, from cities to tourism destinations.

In our annual Europe issue, @annagbusse.bsky.social considers Poland’s cracking consensus on the war in Ukraine and the historical tensions between the two neighbors.

Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our new issue: @danielfiott.bsky.social on the dilemmas of the European rush for rearmament.

❗️New Research❗️ "Europe's Rearmament Dilemmas", by Daniel Fiott for Current History. Read online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto... @currenthistory1.bsky.social

I am absolutely delighted to share with you my latest article on Europe’s rearmament with @currenthistory1.bsky.social! It was a real joy to work with the journal’s editor and I hope you like the result. You can read it for free here: online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

Our annual Europe issue is out! Featuring @danielfiott.bsky.social on the rush to rearmament, @annagbusse.bsky.social on Poland’s ambivalence about Ukraine, Smoki Musaraj on Albanian housing speculation, Emilia Zankina on the politics of corruption in Bulgaria…

Still free access, for a limited time: Alexandra Délano Alonso's assessment of the US anti-immigration escalation, in our annual Latin America issue.

In our annual Latin America issue, José C. Moya reviews a new history of the Americas by Greg Grandin.

In our new Latin America issue, @karelkouba.bsky.social and Radek Buben compare the reasons for breakdowns of democratic norms in four Central American countries.

In our annual Latin America issue, Sandra Ley details different approaches to citizen resistance to organized crime in Mexico, and their successes and limitations in the pursuit of justice and security.

In our February issue, Lefranc Joseph details the breakdown of state authority and the rise of gang rule in Port-au-Prince.

In our new Latin America issue, Thomas Grisaffi examines the tensions in Bolivia between local acceptance of coca and pressure from abroad to curb drug trafficking.

In our annual Latin America issue, Camila Perochena and Alberto Vergara probe the new right's political uses of history, from the colonial era to the dictatorships of the late twentieth century.

Our annual Latin America issue is out! Featuring Camila Perochena and Alberto Vergara on the region’s new right, Thomas Grisaffi on Bolivia’s coca wars, Lefranc Joseph on gang rule in Port-au-Prince, Sandra Ley on citizen anti-crime resistance in Mexico…

In our latest Global Trends issue, Thomas Barfield reviews a book on the history of different kinds of world order by Amitav Acharya. Enjoy free online access to this review and all articles in the issue.

In our new Global Trends issue, Mathias Thaler makes a case for the virtues of judicious climate pessimism. Enjoy free access to this essay and all articles in the issue. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

In our new Global Trends issue, @allouche1.bsky.social considers the specter of armed conflict over increasingly scarce water resources due to climate change.

In our new Global Trends issue, @chakadojani.bsky.social explores how the new commercialized space economy is posing complications both in orbit and on the ground in places like Sweden, where space activity reinforces colonial legacies in land use.

In our new Global Trends issue, Nilima Gulrajani @odi.global considers the collapse of support for foreign aid and the prospects for a post-aid rethinking of development assistance. (Enjoy free access to this essay and the entire issue.)

In our new Global Trends issue, @risabrooks12.bsky.social examines the recent politicization of the US military as a manifestation of democratic erosion typically seen in countries experiencing "executive aggrandizement."

In our new Global Trends issue, all articles are free access, including this essay by @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social and Michael C. Williams on the growing transnational links among the radical right.

Our annual Global Trends issue is out—all articles are free access thanks to @ucpress.bsky.social! With @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social and Michael C. Williams on the global radical right, @risabrooks12.bsky.social on politicization of the military, Nilima Gulrajani @odi.global on a post-aid world…

In our annual Middle East issue, Steven Brooke @mesp-uwmadison.bsky.social reviews "Twilight of the Saints," a new book on Egyptian Salafists by Stéphane Lacroix—pointing out that they have proved far more flexible and politically engaged than their reputation would suggest.

In our latest issue, @yara-asi.bsky.social examines Israel’s targeting of Palestinian health infrastructure and its parallels with the Assad regime's actions in Syria.

In our new Middle East issue, Allan Hassaniyan (@exeter.ac.uk)‬ examines environmental injustice in Iran: to benefit elites and central cities, water and other resources are extracted from peripheral regions that are home to ethnic minorities, and protesters face severe repression.

In our annual Middle East issue, Eleanor Gao @exeter.ac.uk explains Jordan’s precarious social contract keeping the monarchy in power amid regional upheaval.

In our annual Middle East issue, Mehmet Gurses examines the transformation of Turkey's four-decade Kurdish conflict and the prospects for a peaceful resolution in a time of regional upheaval.

In our new issue, Omar S. Dahi (@hampshirecollege.bsky.social) explains the sudden fall of Syria’s Assad dynasty after half a century and its uncertain aftermath as former jihadists move to consolidate power.

Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our December issue by Leila Tayeb (@nuqatar.bsky.social) on the everyday difficulties of navigating divided and militarized Libya.