In “Zbig,” Edward Luce tells the story of Zbigniew Brzezinski, a leading American strategist who had a notably eventful run ...

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.

The Soviet Army, with its enormous size and power, was the largest and most formidable military force in history. Between ...

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An interview with Diana T. Kudaibergen on power, identity, and nation-building in Kazakhstan.

In honor of America's recent 249th birthday, let's take a moment to celebrate some of the most incredible things about her.

It is Marxism-lite — promises of everything from rent control to making “ Halal eight bucks again .” In one speech before the ...

In today’s Sakartvelo, the national-level narrative about the country’s geopolitical vector of development is plainly ...

When Sergiy Kyslytsya returned to Kyiv in February 2025 to take on the role of first deputy foreign minister after serving as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, he brought with him expertise ...

There’s a simple way for President Trump to get Putin to the negotiating table: Give Ukraine what it needs to push the ...

China seeks to undo the ‘Century of Humiliation’ in which it ceded great territory to Moscow.

The voices of tens of thousands of choir singers rang out in the rain in Estonia this weekend, and a huge crowd of spectators ...