While 1991 is often given as the end of the Cold War, the truth is that the Cold War never ended; it just paused before ...

Russia is reviving Intervision, a Soviet-era song contest once pitched as an alternative to Eurovision. Officials frame it as ...

Yordanov consulted more than 20 archives across Eastern Europe, as well as in Russia, Cuba, and the United States, to craft this superbly constructed history of Cold War diplomacy. The evidence he ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed on Christmas Day in 1991, a wave of euphoria washed over the West. Barely two years had elapsed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and suddenly, the Cold War was over.

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...

He was the chief negotiator on a troop-inspections accord that American officials saw as crucial in easing East-West tensions near the end of the Cold War. By Adam Nossiter Robert L. Barry, an ...

Decades after the Cold War ended and the Iron Curtain fell, a new divide is emerging along Poland’s eastern border with ...

The Cold War was an unusual time to be alive, with children practicing duck and cover drills in school and apprehension of nuclear weapons. Throughout the 45 years of the Cold War, the United States ...

Russia and NATO are currently in the most open confrontation since the collapse of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War — but ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s military intelligence organization (GRU) and its civilian security and intelligence organization (KGB) each sported their own “special purpose” unit and force.

In July 1945, just months after defeating Nazi Germany, British planners drew up a top-secret strategy to launch a surprise attack on their former ally—the Soviet Union. Dubbed Operation Unthinkable, ...