Will the US collapse like the Soviet Union did?
"You're next," said a Russian historian I interviewed in 1993 about the Soviet Union's collapse in late 1991. I was an ...
A ‘New Deal With Moscow’ Will Work on One Condition
Russia changes only when it loses wars.
‘Home alone’: How Trump is changing security in Europe
Trump’s return has left Europe’s main military pact looking less assured. Now defence is being reshaped on the continent.
‘Enormous and lasting damage’: Sign US is headed for massive ‘collapse’
“America’s current retreat from its engagements around the world — from gutting USAid to abandoning European allies — constitutes a surrender of power comparable in living memory only to Mikhail ...
Trump Brings Perestroika To America
In 1989, the Soviet army withdrew from Afghanistan after a ten-year losing battle with the Mujahedeen. Two years later, in ...
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The Return of Spheres of Influence
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...
Jere Van Dyk: A historical perspective of the fight over Afghanistan
Jere Van Dyk is the author of "In Afghanistan" and a former reporter for The New York Times. In the early 1980s he covered the Afghan-Soviet war, living with the Afghan rebels. He received a Pulitzer ...
Afghanistan Women: Human Rights Watch calls on ICC to side with exiled cricketers, not Taliban
Human Rights Watch wrote a letter to the ICC calling for Afghanistan to be suspended from cricket due to the erosion of ...
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Every Two Hours A Woman Dies During Childbirth In Afghanistan
A woman dies from pregnancy related complications in Afghanistan every two hours due to a lack of access to health care and ...
In war, and in deterring war, alliances like NATO can be a matter of life or death: Vince Kaster
If you appreciate our military allies and are concerned President Trump is imperiling U.S. national security by weakening our ...