Vladislav Zubok’s monumental account is not just history, but a reassessment of a stand-off that still shapes geopolitics today ...

It is an opportune time to publish a history of the Cold War, dealing with global Russian influence and that country’s ...

Black grouse and caviar helped Stalin get much of what he wanted, but his Red Army counted for more, says a notable historian ...

The roots of the Cold War can be traced back to the aftermath of World War II. The Yalta Conference of 1945, where the Allies sought to shape the post-war world, laid the groundwork for the ...

Allies,’ declared Stalin on 8 February 1945, the fifth day of the Yalta Conference, ‘should not deceive one another.’ In ...

New Delhi: The invitations to the last supper came on the Prime Minister’s personal letterhead, marked 10, Downing Street.

Cold War movies have been a staple in Hollywood since the war first began. In the dying days of World War II, Hollywood's need to produce propaganda movies began to dwindle, leaving room for the West ...

What’s more, President Donald Trump is making it as easy as possible for Putin to take a deal. In a mad rush to “peace,” Trump has pretty much paved Putin’s road to the negotiating table with ...

In the early years of the twilight struggle against the Soviet Union—as Joseph Stalin solidified control over Central and Eastern Europe—the United States established Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ...

But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

So where is this heading? The Russian, taken all in all, is the greatest of European cultures. Music dominates in Germany, ...