On this day in 1981, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union open talks to reduce their intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) in Europe.

The Soviet Union became a gerontocracy in its final years, contributing to its collapse. Historians say it's a cautionary tale for the US, whose leaders have been in power for decades. One Soviet ...

China said it “respects” the independence of the former Soviet Union states and that its position is “unchanged,” after the nation’s diplomat to France sparked a firestorm in Europe by questioning ...

Say what you will about the Soviet Communist Party leaders — they were no saints, but they weren't suicidal and they fully ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Cold War delivered some fascinating technology and one of the most intriguing eras in American history. The Cold War is widely regarded as the “golden age” of ...

The past eight decades have been the longest period without a war between great powers since the Roman Empire. This anomalous era of extended peace came after two catastrophic wars, each of which was ...

World Affairs is a leading journal, printed and published in India. It seeks to provide the much needed Asian and the developing world's perspective on issues of global significance. It stimulates ...

Podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan laid out his nightmare vision of a “Soviet Union-style gulag” situation in the United States where people are tried and convicted for refusing to use people’s ...

What if the Soviet Union came back today? They'd immediately aim to destroy the US, influence Eastern Europe, and shock NATO.

US experts Norman Roule and Mark Dubowitz predict the Iranian regime's collapse, drawing parallels to the Soviet Union's ...