The Cold War period saw the West and the Soviet Union trying to go against each other in almost everything. The two sides are said to have come up with secret programs and missions to gain control ...

In 2010, a worldwide ban on cluster bombs went into effect. Cluster bombs, usually dropped from planes, are filled with ...

Russia is running out of money, soldiers and time. As the economy crumbles and the war in Ukraine continues, the cracks in Putin's regime are deepening. Could 2026 see the collapse of Putin's Russia?

For years, the more than 10,000 items in the International Spy Museum’s collection were stored at a location outside ...

The influential Columbia University professor and Palestinian political activist, Edward Said, characterized Israel’s founding as a manifestation of Western imperialism.

While it is hard to quantify the program’s effect in absolute terms, its history offers valuable lessons for today, not least ...

The Quonset seaglider company REGENT Craft is developing a line of military vehicles, part of a defense contract with the U.S ...

To contend with accidental undersea cable breaks and possible sabotage, the United States and allies must expand their repair ...

Ukraine’s fight for EU integration stands as a barrier to Moscow’s plan to unify neighboring countries under its thumb.

Americans fired “the shot heard round the world” in Lexington in 1775, the Germans invaded Poland in 1939, and the Japanese ...

Sandra “Sandy” Grimes, the former CIA officer best known for helping expose Soviet mole Aldrich Ames, has died at the age of 80.

Some of the same titles and authors the C.I.A. sent east during the Cold War, including “1984,” are now deemed objectionable ...