Congress’ failure to repeal outdated Cold War-era legislation is preventing an easy win for US-Central Asia relations.

The White House too often exaggerates or ignores the real degrees of danger posed by perceived major threats of the time.

The Trump administration, which has tightened the U.S. chokehold on Cuba by cutting off foreign oil, is betting that this is ...

The "Cold War" nuclear weapons race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ended in December 1991 with the fall of the Soviet ...

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Romania and Belarus started from similar economic positions. Over three decades, their ...

With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to ...

Economist Robert Barro has questioned the necessity of fighting a war in this country to end slavery. In this week's Friday ...

In modern history, four great empires have risen and fallen: Ottoman, Mughal, Qing China and British. A fifth stands at its apogee but also at a precipice: the United States. Can America’s fall be ...

The US oil siege, which has worsened an already severe energy crisis, has created two classes of Cubans: those who use ...

President Trump is awarding the Medal of Honor to a pilot whose faceoff with Soviet fighter jets remained secret for a ...

The Olympics tend to feature many athletes from countries that aren't on the best of terms on the geopolitical stage, but they are largely expected to put ...

The story of February 10 begins in the early Middle Ages. In 1258, the Mongols captured Baghdad, bringing the Abbasid ...