Mark Smith’s impressive history surveys life in the Soviet Union, and its advances and failures from Khrushchev to Gorbachev ...

It was years in the making, but when it actually came, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 occurred suddenly. In the ...

When it comes to the spy agency and Iran, there is always far more than meets the eye. The IDF and Israel in the public ...

Five conditions determine whether revolutions succeed. For the first time since 1979, Iran meets nearly all of them.

Washington will allow Mexico to continue its oil shipments to Cuba for now. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The Venezuelan regime had high-powered air defense systems from its allies in the Kremlin, but failed to set much of it up.

In a series of conversations with POLITICO, Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah, shared his blueprint for replacing Ayatollah ...

Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy as it ...

From Iran to Iraq, Brazil to Vietnam, Washington has sought to topple leaders and regimes it thinks are acting against its ...

As U.S. seizures of oil tankers linked to Venezuela surge, so do concerns in Cuba about whether the island’s government and ...

With the sides far apart on key issues as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-year mark, analysts say ...

This report is part of the Council Special Initiative on Securing Ukraine’s Future. Executive Summary Ukraine’s long-term stability and security depend on its ability to recover economically. While ...