The widespread political purges of the early 1950s echo clearly today. Seventy years ago, the reasonable pretext of hunting ...

The remark disgusted some Foreign Service officers, infuriated others, and displeased even those who were looking forward to the new administration.” So began what — until now — was the largest purge ...

The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, ...

Dogged by scandals, the 155th Separate Mechanised Brigade has quickly become a headache for both French and Ukrainian leaders ...

Within a year of assuming office, Lukashenko held a referendum that changed Belarus’s white-and-red flag to one closely resembling the old Soviet design ... himself and the rest of the Russian ...

On Jan. 9 citizens from around the country watched as the flag-draped coffin carrying the ... for the big military buildup that bankrupted the Soviet Union, it was Carter who pushed the research ...

When Abraham Lincoln gave his ) in March 1865, his message was delivered:“With malice toward none, with charity for all” (thanks to Rory Stewart for mentioning this on The Rest is Politics ... focus ...

Recent events make it imperative for us to remember the Holocaust — and to protect democracy so we can truly say 'never again' ...

But the day before, prior to the three-hour minibus ride that delivered us from the capital to the northern province of Lori, Yerevan’s yawning boulevards and Soviet-era concrete cultural ...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...

Trump gloats as Colombia succumbs to tariff threat; Senator calls president’s latest firings a ‘violation of the law’: Live - Donald Trump is no longer expected to impose a 25 percent tariff on ...

In 1976 a headline in the Soviet army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda ... official lanyard to get past security - and poked an Israeli flag through the railing. Meikle posted an image of the moment ...