Putin says he pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he had pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss after the chaos which ...
The Su-33: A Deeper Look At The Russian Carrier-Capable Fighter Jet
Today, the Russian Federation only operates a single aircraft carrier (and we will take a deeper look at it in a moment) and ...
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The Soviet Union’s Economy: Rise and Collapse
The Soviet Union's economy was as influential as it was controversial. Discover the rise and fall of this historic system and ...
'A milestone largely faded from collective memory': The fall of the Berlin Wall remembered
The 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall earlier this month received little attention ... but for some, the ...
Opinion
The white pill
The movie “The Matrix” gave us the “red pill” and the “blue pill.” The red wakes you up to reality; the blue keeps you indoctrinated. Internet culture then invented a black pill. Those who take it ...
Putin’s regime may be closer to a Soviet collapse than we think
Ukraine is slowly losing the three-year conflict on the battlefield. Russia is slowly losing the economic conflict at a ...
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Is America the next Soviet Union?
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which dwelled on the theme of imperial overreach and concluded with a look at the Soviet Union and the United States – the two great powers of the time.
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Boualem Sansal and Freedom of Conscience
The Soviet rulers forced Russia's conscience into exile (he returned after the fall of the USSR and died in his homeland); Sansal, trained as an engineer, had a successful career in Algeria before ...
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How the Fall of Assad Will Reshape the Middle East
The fall of the regime, when it finally came ... networks and shrewdly navigating everything from the fall of the Soviet Union to the Gulf War, during which he cooperated with the George H.W ...