The trajectory of a crisis depends on three resources: power, determination, and information. Power is the obvious variable. Most of the time both sides have a fair grasp of the distribution of power.

Amid these tensions, the world witnessed other critical events: the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded in October 1962, bringing ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

During the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War, the U.S. reportedly made a shocking “mistake” regarding its nuclear bomb launch codes. According to a former military officer responsible for ...