CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR.PersonalBirth date: March 2, 1931Death date: August ...

Ronald S. Lauder, an American businessman, diplomat, philanthropist and Jewish social activist has been awarded the Jan Karski Eagle Award, a distinction honouring humanitarian service to others.

An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the ...

President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.

Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...

People gathering across the USA talked up their teams and their bets on Super Bowl Sunday, but it was Trump storming the ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.

Sally Novetzke of Cedar Rapids in December 2018 holds mementos of her time as U.S. ambassador to Malta and a book of photos ...

Japan found itself in the enviable position of being among the first nations to learn that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had survived a failed coup attempt by Communist hard-liners in 1991 ...

U.S. Marine and civilian speakers praised President Ronald Reagan for his commitment to peace through strength Thursday ...

Robert Gates noted that early during the Reagan administration, there was a buildup in U.S. defenses with the additions of ...