World War II (1939-45)

• The ‘Attention Economy’ Is a Lie - It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.
• Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand. - Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will.
• Peace Is Unraveling - As states disregard limits on the lawful use of force, this may be just the beginning of a slide into frequent war.
• Gunboat Diplomacy Is Back. What Could Go Wrong? - The high cost of forgetting what world war is really like.
• Can a Corporation Be Complicit in War Crimes? Sweden Is Trying to Find Out. - It’s Sweden’s longest criminal trial. I was there because of a different historic distinction.