In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the Soviet Union imposed ideological control across Eastern Europe, the CIA ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ended decades of Cold War tension and reshaped global politics. But what if the USSR never fell? What if Gorbachev’s reforms had succeeded, transforming the ...

In an account that reads more like a spy thriller than a political history, British author Charlie English recounts the story ...

For much of the modern era, the Middle East has occupied centre stage in global geopolitics, owing to its strategic geography ...

This almost-conflict became known as the Cold War - a doom-laden time humanity would like to forget. But with Iran's nuclear ...

Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence, following the 5% defence ...

Manchester's own piece of Cold War history survives in the form of the Guardian telephone exchange. Also known as 'Scheme 567 ...

The fact that Europe is spending more on its own defense is in many ways good news for Americans. Thanks to the continent’s ...

As the Cold War intensified at the end of the 1950s, the U.S. Army devised a plan to build a sprawling launch site for ...

Five countries plan to revive the use of a weapon prohibited by treaty for more than a quarter of a century, hoping to ...