What If Ukraine Hadn't Given Up Its Nuclear Weapons?
Ukraine surrendered its Soviet-era nuclear stockpile more than three decades ago and experts have questioned whether Kyiv ...
The Last Front of the Cold War
You think the Cold War is over? Think again. Russian and American forces are still challenging each other in the Arctic by Jon Bowermaster At 12:4 ...
Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93
Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, ...
Council on Foreign Relations16h
What Would Greenland’s Independence Mean for U.S. Interests?
The island’s residents have voted in favor of a party that seeks gradual independence from Denmark. But Greenland has ...
Russia's high-flying gas exporter crippled as Europe stays away
When the CEO of Russian state gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, opened a lavish Italian palazzo-styled building in central St ...
Foreign Affairs20h
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...
Sofia Gubaidulina, composer whose intensity was spurred by the tyranny of the Soviet regime
Sofia Gubaidulina, who has died aged 93, believed that it was Soviet repression which made her so powerful and distinctive a ...
3 Of The Worst Combat Aircraft Flown During The Korean War
The Korean War featured the first jets the U.S. military flew in combat, but not everything was new and shiny. Some aircraft ...
Will the U.S. collapse like the Soviet Union did?
America’s current retreat from world power recalls that of the Soviet Union after 1988. Is the U.S. poised to collapse like ...
Inter Press Service3d
Ukrainians Stress That a Peace Agreement Must Include Justice
After three years of bloodshed, the people of Ukraine are in limbo as peace negotiations, instigated by the US President, remain unpredictable.
The Tragic Success of Global Putinism
For too long, we in the West have underestimated Putin’s global ideological vision as an animating force for his foreign-policy agenda. The tragic consequence is that today Putinism is advancing ...
The National Interest5d
BMP-2M: Russia Finally Has An Answer To Ukraine’s Bradley IFV
With the BMP-2’s upgrades and Russia’s capacity for mass production, the dominance the Bradleys have enjoyed over the battlefield in Ukraine is coming to an end.