When we think about the Cold War, we often think about the nuclear arms race and stalemate, anti-communist/anti-capitalist ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prays will be undertaken ...

Because of Central Asia’s isolation from the world during the Soviet era, these artists remain little studied outside the ...

Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus ...

Carter’s legacy is perhaps best defined by his inability, as either President, or post-Presidency, to arrest the rightward ...

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed after being convicted as Soviet spies in a sensational Cold War espionage case. Now, a recently declassified document is seen as the strongest evidence yet of ...

Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been jailed in Russia as part of ...

Subtitled "The Chief Mandarin Asked For Rebellion". On the cultural revolution and the development of ultra-left thought in ...

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In the early 1950s, the United States faced a critical intelligence challenge in its burgeoning competition with the Soviet ...

Nevertheless, Putin’s New Year’s message remained upbeat. He looked ahead to the upcoming 80th anniversary of the Soviet ...

"In accordance with the Foreign Policy Concept, Russia prioritizes its activities, including in terms of ensuring national security," Maria Zakharova stressed ...