"I really believe that Russia is in very bad shape, not just from their military, but also their economy," a former top US Army general said.

A newly graduated home economics teacher was dying of boredom in small town Virginia when a chance meeting set her on a path ...

“Five years later, Orwell published an essay called ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War,’ in which he states, ‘War is evil, and ...

What went awry? Putin is the main culprit for Russia’s return to authoritarianism, aggression and hostility to the West. But ...

The former head of Ukraine’s military intelligence recalls how thousands of tactical nuclear weapons were removed from its arsenals by the Russian military.

Here's the standard high school history class summary of the Soviet Union: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

In Germany, political parties have less than a month to convince voters to support their platform in February's federal election. There's one electoral group in particular that might offer lagging ...

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only ...

Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between ...