Priya Satia

Responding to a controversial recent critique of "presentism," two historians make the case that history and politics have always been deeply interwoven.

At a time of upheaval, we want to believe that better leaders have the power to change the course of history. But counterfactuals are never simple.

The language of “sacrifice” reveals we’re stuck in a colonial mindset.

A counter-narrative to Samuel Moyn’s "Humane": drone warfare and the long history of liberal empire blurring the line between policing and endless war.

History suggests that a more discreet American presence in Afghanistan will be a provocation rather than a source of security.

The past has habitually been repurposed in a manner inhibiting ethical accountability in the present.

The hope for historical vindication is loud now but not new.

How 18th-century British arms sales, the slave trade, and the Revolutionary War contributed to the mess we have today.