The collapse of the Warsaw Pact following the dissolution of the Soviet Union constituted a pivotal moment in modern international relations. It seemed to affirm the triumph of an alliance system ...

The death of the leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel was eclipsed by the group’s retaliation, which turned part of Mexico ...

Many U.S. presidents have tried to bring down the Communist government over almost seven decades. This time, it feels ...

The Soviet Union began with a policy of promoting minority languages through nativization, encouraging education and administration in local tongues. In the 1920s, dozens of languages were ...

As Azerbaijan prepares to mark the anniversary of the Feb. 26, 1992 genocide in Khojaly, country’s Human Rights Commissioner ...

Four years into Russia's invasion the Ukraine war appears to have stalled. Does U.S. support for Ukraine still exist? And does it still matter?

Olympic men’s ice hockey remains the undisputed crown jewel of the Winter Games, a high-stakes theater where national pride ...

The closest analogue for the American invasion of Afghanistan was the Soviet one 20-odd years earlier. Unlike the Soviets, American troops went in initially as invading forces, whereas the Soviets ...

The Trump administration, which has tightened the U.S. chokehold on Cuba by cutting off foreign oil, is betting that this is the Cuban communist revolution’s last year.

Moscow in August 1989 was sweltering. That summer, as the Cold War’s icy grip began to thaw, an unprecedented event unfolded ...

The Albanese Labor government’s legislation echoes that of 1950 and 1951, when the Menzies government sought to criminalise “communists.” ...

Tripartite talks chaired by the US seem the most likely route to a cessation of hostilities, but neither the US nor Russia ...