The increasingly powerful Russian Orthodox Church has built hundreds of new churches over the past decade. But some people in ...

About two kilometers from my home stands a second house—one incredibly dear to me. It is a place overflowing with boundless love, unwavering warmth and an indescribable sense of peace. Here, I am ...

Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear ...

Iran relations highlight the differences between the countries’ views, but others presented real opportunities for ...

Around 3 million ethnic Germans who emigrated from the former Soviet Union live in Germany today. Many have become prosperous – but are now voting for the far right. They say the Germany they once ...

The Soviet Union really was a very racist society ... Lloyd Patterson had studied building and interior design but was unable to find work in his field because of race prejudice, he later told ...

For 50 years, a 23-meter, 7.5-ton statue of Vadimir Lenin swept his arm out over Kyrgyzstan’s second city of Osh from a perch ...

It’s so striking, in scene after scene, to see regular people asking masked agents “Who are you?” and “What are you doing?” ...

A dramatic shift in global dynamics is reshaping economic and financial landscapes, setting the stage for profound, long-term ...

Warsaw — The mood here on Monday was subdued. Political signs supporting Warsaw’s progressive mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, for ...

These two new books by well-credentialled economists examine the role of the US dollar in international finance. The story has its origins in the July 1944 meet ...

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb ... Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam came up with a solution for building a superbomb, their Soviet counterparts hit upon the same idea: radiation ...