Cold War
10/06/2021 - 16:25
During World War II, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain joined forces to fight a mortal enemy. In partnering with... →
12/11/2018 - 13:36
As the world experiences a palpable weakening of the global order—complete with major-power rivalry, regional instabilities, and... →
18/03/2018 - 14:02
A reasonable remark at the time, of course, but history has proved the oracle wrong. “Charlie don’t surf!” said Lt Col Kilgore in... →
26/02/2018 - 10:47
Drawing extensively on U.S. archival material as well as some Russian, British, French, German, Serbian and Czech sources, Steil tells the... →
30/08/2017 - 10:27
“If I had to do it over again, I would not even be a Communist,” Bulgaria’s deposed Communist leader, Todor Zhivkov, had said the... →
28/05/2017 - 13:22
The Polish-born strategist became a lightning rod for criticism over the roles he played in the Iranian hostage crisis, a broad but... →
05/01/2017 - 13:23
It’s important to note that while 2016, the year ending today, has been a dreadful one for Westerners who treasure freedom, with Vladimir... →
17/12/2016 - 14:24
The cultural conservatism of the Russian leadership and its loyal but shallow intelligentsia is not an , but only a snarky gesture... →
27/09/2015 - 13:24
Of course, a history of intimacy does not preclude separation, as divorce lawyers can attest. And the two countries had been “divorced” for... →
08/11/2014 - 14:41
2. Building the Berlin Wall was a key Soviet move in the Cold War
In 1952, the Soviets closed the East-West German border, but since all of... →