The legislation grants President Donald Trump sweeping authority to impose economic, financial and trade penalties should Moscow refuse to negotiate peace, violate an existing agreement or launch ...

Andrei Sakharov, the father of the Soviet H-bomb who later won the Nobel Peace Prize for his criticism of the Communist ...

Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, expresses concern that, 80 years after the bombings ...

The fall of the USSR wasn’t just economic decay—it was pressure from Reagan’s foreign policy, military buildup, and covert strategy. While often overlooked, these moves helped unravel the Soviet ...

The Soviet Union’s economy once stood as a symbol of strength and rapid progress. Under Stalin, the USSR industrialized at an unprecedented pace, rising from the ashes of the Russian Empire to become ...

Steven Farron offers an unorthodox and challenging interpretation of Ayn Rand’s presentation of capitalism.

Amid high inflation, Russia is preparing to cap prices on staple food items, a move analysts say signals a shift toward a ...

One of the largest earthquakes on record struck far eastern Russia this week. The last time the region was hit by a such a ...

Science in ancient Egypt and Greece followed a similar pattern: It thrived during good times and fell off in periods of ...

Turkmenistan has long been considered one of the globe’s most isolated countries. New streamlined visa regulations are ...

Who's behind the "Feb. 28 Economic Blackout" and what are the goals? Over the past few weeks, information has been spreading on social media about a nationwide economic protest called the "Feb 28 ...

In actuality, the Great Leap Forward amounted to perhaps the deadliest self-inflicted calamity in human history. Mao Zedong’s forced industrialization program caused a famine that killed at least 23 ...