Explore the history of politics, where power, ideology, and leadership defined the strategies that shaped nations and civilizations across the ages.
The Republic of Venice achieved glory through a unique political system. For Venice to thrive, its political structure combined elements of monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy.
The Pazzi Conspiracy was a failed coup organized by the Pazzi family to overthrow Medici rule in 15th-century Florence.
Admired and feared, Huey Long was a politician whose daring policies made him a target for assassination.
The Bandung Conference was the first large-scale political conference composed of newly decolonized countries aiming to define their role in the Cold War international order.
In 1889, a dispute between Italy and Ethiopia over conflicting versions of the Treaty of Wuchale led to the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
If a US president is unable to handle the rigors of the office, can he be removed? The 25th Amendment, crafted after 1963, lays the rules for presidential removal.
After leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was unanimously elected the first president of the United States in 1789.
Henry Kissinger was a highly controversial diplomat involved in some of the most deeply consequential actions taken by the US in 20th-century Latin America.