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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Kaiser ## David Kaiser ## David Kaiser *  Mar 5, 2020 ### [1972's Lessons for the Democratic Party](https://time.com/5797376/2020-1972-democrat-lessons/) As some in the Democratic Party look ahead to a possible contested convention, the lessons of 1972 b... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Nov 7, 2019 ### [What Was Lost When the Berlin Wall Fell in 1989](https://time.com/5720387/cold-war-berlin-wall/) The fall seemed to mark the victory of capitalism over communism. In the succeeding decades, however... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Sep 3, 2019 ### [World War II Launched a New Age of Global Power. 80 Years After the War Began, That Era Is Ending](https://time.com/5667434/world-war-ii-global-power/) On Sept. 3, 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Nearly everyone old enough to re... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jul 26, 2019 ### [Donald Trump and Boris Johnson Rode the Same Wave Into Power. History Suggests the Parallels Won’t Stop There](https://time.com/5636301/johnson-trump-history/) For more than two centuries, U.S. and U.K. politics have evolved in sync, writes historian David Kai... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Feb 6, 2019 ### [How the U.S. Departure From Afghanistan Could Echo Kissinger's Moves in Vietnam](https://time.com/5521882/vietnam-afghanistan/) "It clearly remains in the nature of the American empire — like so many of its predecessors — to ove... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jan 11, 2019 ### [This Shutdown Isn’t the First Time the U.S. Government Has Broken Down. The History Doesn't Bode Well for Trump](https://time.com/5500385/government-breakdown-history/) In none of these cases, significantly, did the breakdown come to an end thanks to a reconciliation [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Dec 5, 2018 ### [How Understanding the 'Greatest' Generation Can Help Us Understand George H.W. Bush](https://time.com/5471368/george-bush-gi-generation/) He was the last president of the generation that fought World War II [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Oct 26, 2018 ### [Trump Wants to Leave a Nuclear-Weapons Treaty. Here’s What Happened When Arms Control Failed in the 1930s](https://time.com/5435878/arms-control-treaty-history/) Twice in the 20th century, the great powers tried to create a peaceful world for the long run by lim... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Aug 1, 2018 ### [A Lawyer Changed the Course of the Watergate Investigation. Michael Cohen Could Play a Parallel Role](https://time.com/5354385/trump-watergate-dean-cohen/) A tale of two lawyers [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jun 5, 2018 ### [Robert F. Kennedy Is Remembered as a Liberal Icon. Here's the Truth About His Politics](https://time.com/5301543/robert-kennedy-liberal-politics/) For many American liberals, RFK became a symbol of not just a better past, but also a better future ... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Mar 23, 2018 ### [How Early Warnings About the Effect of Television on American Politics Came True](https://time.com/5211267/warning-television-american-politics/) When new technology or new economic innovations first emerge, smart people often sense where they mi... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jan 19, 2018 ### [Immigration Debates Have Always Been Tied to America's Moments of Crisis](https://time.com/5108772/immigration-history-crisis/) Every great time of American turmoil has found new answers to the question of who gets to be an Amer... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Oct 26, 2017 ### [How President Trump Is Succeeding Where FDR Failed](https://time.com/4999264/president-trump-flake-corker-fdr/) Trump’s conflict with Senators from his own party has an important historical precedent [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Sep 20, 2017 ### [President Trump, North Korea and a Brief History of Nuclear Threats](https://time.com/4949546/north-korea-trump-history-nuclear-threats/) A nuclear power has threatened another state with destruction in the past—but the previous episode d... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Aug 25, 2017 ### [What the 1960s Reveal About What's Next for American Protesters](https://time.com/4915622/protest-cycle-1960s-charlottesville/) There's a link between the patterns seen a half-century ago and those seen today, argues a historian... 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