Less than five years before the start of the Irish Civil War, the fratricidal terror that followed Russia’s October 1917 ...

Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their ...

Aid efforts following Myanmar’s earthquake reveal new fault lines in global power as Russia and the US edge closer—leaving China watching and wary of shifting dynamics.

I just finished reading “The Lost Souls of Leningrad,” a page-turner historical novel by Suzanne Parry set in Stalinist ...

The leader of the Smithsonian may be one of the few leaders fearless enough to navigate Donald Trump’s attacks on the arts.

He is using television as pedagogy. Trump uses television to train his troops, educate, and arm MAGA. This differs greatly ...

The quiet and echoing rooms of the museum in Poltava, dedicated to an 18th-century battle in central Ukraine, belie a ...

March 29, 2025: The Ukraine War was another disaster for the Russian army. In 2025 Russian military leaders are calling for another round of reforms, one that will work. All previous efforts had ...

Josef Stalin, one of the most powerful and brutal leaders in history, left a legacy of death, destruction, and domination. In this Forgotten History episode, we explore the rise and fall of Stalin ...

Marshall hoped that the Soviets would cooperate, but Soviet ruler Josef Stalin preferred extracting reparations from a prostrate Germany to investing in its recovery. A vibrant German economic ...