Russia has not slowed its assaults on Ukraine, ceaselessly raining missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities while pushing forward - albeit slowly - on the frontlines. Former Senior CIA Officer ...

In this episode of TOI Bookmark, non-fiction author and journalist Charlie English talks about his latest book The CIA Book ...

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 resuming again.

Ukrainians had 75 years to determine how they wanted to relate to and remember the Holodomor. With so much uncertainty, any memorial built now to the current war may need to be reconsidered in the ...

The antidote to the flawed China policy of the past is not decoupling or moral grandstanding, but managed interdependence.

The CIA was founded in 1947, as a counter to Joseph Stalin’s relentless attempt to promote revolution around the globe. Western victory in the Cold War (1989-91) came, but at a high price. In its ...

As Narendra Modi celebrates his 75th birthday, his leadership is marked by transformative policies like cleanliness campaigns ...

Novaya Gazeta documents how, since the 1990s and increasingly during Putin's quarter-century of rule, 213 new monuments have ...

German disinformation sowed confusion while fearful subordinates softened reports to match Stalin’s hopes. This conclusion explains his logic: avoid “provoking” Hitler, assume coercion not conquest, ...

Here’s the opposite case. Stalin’s Great Purge gutted the officer corps, the Winter War exposed fatal weaknesses, and orders ...

In the late 1960s, against the backdrop of the Vietnam war, CIA activities were increasingly scrutinized by the media and ...

The Project 23550 class combat icebreakers were developed by Russia’s Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau and constructed by the United Shipbuilding Company (USC) at the Admiralty Shipyards in Saint ...