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This Is What the World Would Look Like Without NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has succeeded beyond all expectations, uniting former adversaries in Western ...
Kazakhstan faces up to the legacy of Soviet weapons testing in a referendum on nuclear power
MOSCOW (AP) — Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum on building the country’s first nuclear power plant, confronting the country's painful legacy as a testing ground for Soviet ...
The Economist6d
Worries of a Soviet-style collapse keep Xi Jinping up at night
But China’s leader, Xi Jinping, worries about how long-lived his party’s rule will be. Amid the festivities, state media have ...
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How Russia Became Asia's Leading Helicopter Power
The Soviet Union built up a sizable force of helicopters during the Cold War, investing heavily in the technological ...
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Russia's Atomic Nightmare: 100 Missing 'Suitcase' Mini Nuclear Weapons
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) also published a report in September 1997 that quoted former Russian national security ...
In rural Kansas, dreams — and nightmares of doomsday — are for sale at a former missile site
Walking down the truck-sized ramp to the 47-ton blast door of the decommissioned Atlas missile silo, our conversation echoes ...
Steven Hurst, who covered world events for The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died at 77
Steven R. Hurst, who over a decades-long career in journalism covered major world events including the end of the Soviet ...
Soviet Antisemitism at California’s Claremont Colleges
Zionism’ is hard to differentiate from the communist slogans I heard in my youth.
The Israeli Artist Who Offends Everyone
Long a fearless critic of Israeli society, since October 7 Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi has made wrenching portraits of her nation’s ...
How Soviet legacy has influenced foreign policy in Georgia and Ukraine
The legacy of the Soviet Union's collapse plays a greater role in the foreign policies of Georgia and Ukraine than previous ...