JB Shreve
JB Shreve is the author of "How the World Ends: Understanding the Growing Chaos." He has been the host of the End of History podcast since 2012. He has degrees in International Relations and Middle East Studies. His other books include the Intelligence Brief Series. Regular posts and updates from JB Shreve are available at www.theendofhistory.net
The brutality of the Islamic Republic of Iran is seldom questioned but in case it ever is, here are some numbers that demonstrate the severity of Iran’s rule of law. The number of executions in Iran has decreased in recent years but the Islamic Republic is remains of the...
The Syrian Civil War is one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 21st century (so far). This podcast series details the history of Syria and the origins of this terrible war. Each episode (approximately 30 minutes each) tells the story that will help you understand what is going on...
The questions of what caused the Syrian Civil War and ongoing chaos we are experiencing today do not seem to be a challenge to answer. Protests in the city of Deraa combined with a heavy-handed response from the Assad government in 2011 caused this modern hell to unleash and...
A new report from the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict provides a peek into the weight of the conflict being placed upon children in Afghanistan. These nine numbers tell the story.
There were 14,000 violations against children reported in a recent UN report on Afghanistan.
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This is part of my ongoing series on the Global Water Crisis which we have been tracking here at JB Shreve & the End of History
We have looked at the places in the world where the water is running dry in several posts already. There is a second global...
This weekend my wife and I enjoyed the opportunity of visiting the World War I Museum in Kansas City along with some friends. I was expecting a small affair but was pleasantly surprised to find an excellent and elaborate layout that does a fine job of capturing the enormity...
This post on the water crisis in the Sahel is part of my ongoing blog series on the global water crisis.
In my last post for this series looking at the global water crisis, we looked at the growing concern of the coming water wars as resources grow scarce...
I finished the book, Crisis in the Red Zone, this week and was very surprised not only by how informative it was but how easy the reading was.
Crisis in the Red Zone – The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and the Outbreaks to Come by Richard...
This post on water wars is part of an ongoing series where we are tracking the global water crisis.
In 2012 Adel Darwish, author of the book Water Wars: Coming Conflicts in the Middle East, predicted the next water war to break out would likely be in Yemen. In 2015...
A look at the incredible report from the New York Times regarding the Chinese prisons overflowing with Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province.