This series of articles examines why today’s nuclear landscape is more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious than ...

Many of the traditions we know today began in postwar America — including the very color of many modern wedding dresses.

The crossing of the Rhine River by Allied forces in March 1945 served as a pivotal moment in World War II, marking the ...

NATO is bracing for potential conflict, driven by concerns over Russian aggression. A new defense posture aims for a 5% of ...

The division of Korea into North and South is the result of deep historical, political, and ideological conflicts that ...

Publication date 2006 Topics Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence, Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Military leadership, World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history, World politics -- 1945-1989, Soviet ...

Hal Brands and Gareth Porter debate the resolution, "The Cold War was a necessary response by the United States to a Soviet and Chinese threat to the global balance of power." Hal Brands, senior ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 138. From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a ...

China is the most important—perhaps decisive—enabler of Russia’s war machine. WorldRussiaGeopoliticsChina ...

In February, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, my traveling companion and I boarded the Tazara, the acronym used fondly by its riders to refer to the Tanzania-Zambia Railway. The journey felt like stepping ...