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The CIA report, obtained after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, includes eyewitness accounts and disturbing images, ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, has since 1999 made reestablishing influence over Russia’s “near abroad” a ...
A declassified Cold War-era file from the CIA has gone viral over its coverage of a supposed clash between Soviet soldiers ...
Following the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, the CIA came into possession of a 250-page KGB dossier detailing an ...
Mikhail Gorbachev set out to save the Soviet Union with bold reforms. Instead, he unleashed forces that would bring it to its ...
A leaked CIA file details an incident where 23 Soviet soldiers were turned to stone after a UFO encounter. Discover the ...
MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...
Opinion
JD Vance is bad at history
There are good-faith arguments to be made for Europe's investing more in its own defense. Vice President JD Vance instead invented some historical fiction.
Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, despite US attempts to broker a ceasefire. Russia has repurposed history to build its ...
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their ...
The Petlyakov Pe-8 was the Soviet Union’s heavy bomber powerhouse—massive, rare, and a direct threat to German war strategy. With its long range and high-altitude capabilities, it became a ...
Trump’s Iran policy has mirrored Reagan’s doctrine in countering the Soviets. Like the former president, Trump has ...