At the end of the Cold War, Russia and the West seemed set on a path towards cooperation. Why did it veer into renewed ...

For most of us in the West, until the fall of the Berlin Wall “Russia” was synonymous with the Soviet Union. Among the 15 constituent states of the Communist empire, Russia was always the pre-eminent ...

BELIEVE it or not, God stopped world war at least three times in the last century. After two popes — Pius XII in 1942 and ...

Contributors from Taiwan and the mainland examined the touchy issue of relations between the two. The recent earthquake that devastated many areas of Taiwan prompted international messages of sympathy ...

Trump is playing an old geopolitical game on a relatively new playground: only, he is a better showman and entertainer ...

The Soviet Union was Cuba’s benefactor for decades. Venezuela took up the slack, and Mexico has supplied “humanitarian aid.” ...

President Donald Trump billed strikes on Venezuela earlier this month as being about drugs, gangs invading the United States ...

With demonstrations in dozens of cities across Iran, Ali Khamenei and his regime are faced with a dilemma.

The White House once again breaks norms and the consequences for Seattle's economy are substantial, Jon Talton writes.

Even at the height of their Cold War nuclear rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union thrashed out a series of ...

Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR. Personal Birth date: March 2, 1931 Death date: August 30, 2022 Birth place: Privolnoye, Russia, Soviet Union Birth name: ...

From 1970 to 2007, I was honored to serve seven presidents and their families, witnessing life as lived in the White House from a vantage point few have experienced, behind the scenes.