The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked a seismic shift in global politics. This documentary analyzes the key causes behind its sudden collapse, including economic stagnation, the costly war in ...

DALLAS — The Russian invasion of Ukraine will reach the one-year mark on February 24 and President Joe Biden acknowledged the on-going struggle with his unannounced visit to Ukraine this week. War is ...

Communist propaganda in the former Soviet Union was based on the Marxist–Leninist ideology to advocate for the Communist Party agenda. This propaganda was one of many methods and tactics the Soviet ...

"My Perestroika," a documentary that director Robin Hessman '94 described as an "unusual look of life behind the Iron Curtain," was featured in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, at ...

Next year will mark America’s 250th birthday. There are piles of anniversary books in the pipeline, and Ken Burns has already ...

This week marks the 78th anniversary of the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, Japan. The film "Oppenheimer" has brought public attention to the scientific community that ...

Russian opposition media outlet Meduza has released a documentary about the first Soviet sexologist, sociologist, psychologist, and doctor of philosophical sciences Igor Kon on Meduza’s YouTube ...

Following recent comments on nuclear testing by United States President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, it’s more important than ever to remember that nuclear detonations — whether in ...

Communist Party supporters laid flowers at Stalin’s grave in Moscow this month, marking the anniversary of his birth. Credit...Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times ...

When Republicans strategize about how to deal with China today, many of them point to President Ronald Reagan’s confrontational approach toward the Soviet Union as a model to emulate. H. R. McMaster, ...

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Following recent comments on nuclear ...