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 ...

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

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

Compensation deal for victims of Nazi forced-labor; Apollo-Soyuz mission; Julius Rosenberg arrested; anti-French revolt in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Sergei Torop, a Russian sect leader claiming to be Jesus reincarnated, received a 12-year prison sentence for harming followers' health and finances. Known as 'Vissarion,' he founded a religious sect ...