As the postwar divide deepens, covert battles erupt across Europe. The CIA’s early operations, Stalin’s tightening Cominform, Berlin’s shadowy streets, and election meddling in Italy all reveal a ...

Prologue On December 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) almost crossed the Rubicon. It tried seizing Russian financial assets in Belgium for funding and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Many Americans know of Josef Stalin’s Terror of the late 1930s, during which more than 1 million people were arrested for political crimes, and ...

The KGB was the Thug in Chief of the Soviet administration, and Vladimir Putin was a part of their war machine.

AS soon as he sipped his glass of Armenian brandy, Oleg Gordievsky knew he was in a fight for his life. If he could only keep ...

Brilliant figures such as Sergey Nikitovich Mergelyan (1928-2008) defined the 20th century as an era for extraordinary ...

Chinese security forces jail strike leader; Algeria expels 350,000 Moroccans; Truman declares national emergency after Korean ...

With diversified foreign policies becoming the new global norm, India’s experience offers lessons for a world no longer shaped by American unipolarity. New Delhi’s pursuit of multiple partnerships ...

Written by Nicholas Stoller and directed by Andy Serkis, the new Animal Farm movie turns the cautionary tale into a fantasy ...

The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism deals with the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Georgia in 1921 and the lead-up to the failed August Uprising in 1924, picking ...

After World War I, Hungary was left shattered by the Treaty of Trianon, losing most of its territory and reshaping its ...

As Jane Fonda revives the Committee for the First Amendment, a look at the lesser-known Committee of 56, whose membership ...