Even if it emerges victorious in Ukraine, Russia can still sow the seeds of a future war of expansion in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Even at the height of their Cold War nuclear rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union thrashed out a series of ...

The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died Jan. 5. He ...

Greenland’s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world’s largest island a key part of security strategy.

Though Moscow may have lost a foothold in South America, the U.S. intervention in Venezuela is a net gain for Russia. The ...

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

WASHINGTON — CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the ...

NPR's Charles Maynes in Moscow on how the White House's Russia rhetoric shifted this year and how it is landing in Moscow.

On Nov. 7, 1944, that convergence produced the only acknowledged direct combat between American and Soviet forces in World ...

Soviet New Years, a ritual that survived the country’s dissolution, may be in danger of slipping away.

Rob Dannenberg was the US spy chief in Russia early in Putin's rule - and believes he understands the dictator better than ...

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated ...