For Women’s History Month, The National Interest is commencing a multi-part series honoring some of history’s most badass ...

In 1985, an ailing solar observation satellite in orbit over 300 miles above the Earth was the target of a United States Air ...

The Northern Sea Route goes for 5600km from the Kara Sea to the Bering Strait, connecting Western Russia to the Far Eastern territories. In the 1930s, the USSR started building hundreds of ...

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning.

once the oldest and most important building for Lithuanian Jews before it was destroyed by the Nazis and razed by the Soviets. Archeologists found the synagogue floor decorated with red ...

President Eisenhower and the Cold War and Civil Rights. Dwight D. Eisenhower is a fixture in the lists of America's favourite Presidents. How did Eisenhower change America? How did the Cold War and ...

Coined “miracle on ice,” the Americans beat the heavily favored Soviets 4-3. The dramatic “miracle on ice” U.S.A vs. U.S.S.R men’s ice hockey semifinal championship game during the 1980 ...

Europe could defeat Russia in any kind of conflict and will beat Vladimir Putin in his new arms race, Poland's Prime Minister reassured Volodymyr Zelensky as EU leaders gathered to meet the ...

Given the analysis of the situation and the reports which have reached us, [I] consider an attack to be almost imminent -- within the next 24 to 72 hours. There are two possible variants: the ...

Team Canada battled the Soviets during a politically fraught era. Now, today's Canadians have the Americans – and their politicians – to deal with at the 4 Nations Face-Off. The Big Show ...

What happened to all those African and Asian nations who have almost automatically got up, echoed the Soviet lamentations about imperialism – ours – and automatically voted with the Soviets?