Lee M. Hammarstrom, an electrical engineer deeply involved in Cold War technology, highlights the period’s challenges, noting, “We were under MAD at this time, so if the Soviets had a way to ...

The Cold War era was marked by political tension, espionage, and a nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet ...

Dissidents resisting authoritarian regimes should be independent of the United States—and so should their media sources.

The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ice melt accelerates, its story isn’t over yet.

Moscow’s success in the early stages of the Space Race was astonishing, considering how far it lagged behind the U.S. when it came to developing technology for nuclear weapons or microchips.

The Cold War, a decades-long geopolitical standoff between United States and the Soviet Union, is one of the most defining ...

Sanger, a veteran reporter, tells a familiar story about how the hopeful era that followed the Cold War gave way to renewed great-power competition.