Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956, by Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, 608 pages, $35.00. Time's 1956 Man of the Year, chosen at the last minute, was an anonymous Hungarian ...

A compilation of portions of Winston Churchill’s “Sinews of Peace” speech delivered at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. was played.This speech is often regarded as the most important ...

According to reports from behind the Iron Curtain, the church in the lands of socialism is completely separated from the state. But this is far from true.

‘Retracing the Iron Curtain’ Review: The Border of Borders Trekking along Europe’s postwar dividing line—which initially reached further than is typically recalled.

For those behind the world’s iron curtains, the urge is stronger. Their fears are seldom without foundation and their path of escape is clear: it lies just over the border.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he invaded Ukraine to push back NATO. Instead, Russia’s nearest western neighbors are closing ranks and creating a north-south wall against Russian expansionism.

The East-West trade winds are stirring with uncommon force. Both a U.S. presidential commission and the prestigious Committee for Economic Development have urged the U.S. to expand its commerce ...

Kristalina Georgieva is head of the International Monetary Fund and is trying to keep the global economy from a costly splintering.

From St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, a new iron curtain has descended across Eurasia. Behind that line lie famous cities and the populations all around them, subject in one form or another to a ...

If Nintendo is known for anything outside of their characters and admittedly top-notch video games, it’s being merciless to fans when it comes to using their intellectual property. They take ...